Lizard Peninsula · TR12
Loft Conversions for Cury (TR12)
A well-designed loft conversion adds a bedroom, an en-suite and useful storage to homes that were never built with the upper floor in mind — usually inside permitted development and almost always cheaper per square metre than extending sideways. The way we approach loft conversion in Cury starts with a measured walk-round — Cury is a rural parish in the TR12 area, with farmsteads, lanes and scattered homes defining its built character, with a building stock that leans toward converted barns and smallholdings.
Cury sits in Lizard Peninsula — covering TR12 from Mullion, Gunwalloe, Predannack outward.
- Cornwall AONB
- Rural / open-countryside policy area
- ✓ Local to Lizard Peninsula — not a national franchise
- ✓ Same team on paper as on site
- ✓ One studio — design, planning and build under one roof
- ✓ Plain-English feasibility before any drawings
Our process
How a Cury loft conversion project runs.
Step 1
Feasibility
Roof, headroom, stair landing and structural assessment.
Step 2
Design
Layout options that respect the staircase, headroom and bathroom positioning.
Step 3
Approvals
Planning or permitted development confirmation, plus building regs.
Step 4
Build
Sequenced to keep the family living downstairs throughout most of the work.
Step 5
Handover
Finish, snag, certify, hand over the keys.
Loft conversions typically run six to eighteen weeks on site depending on type, with four to eight weeks of design and approvals beforehand.
Local proof — Most Cury loft conversion clients we work with are second-time builders — they've seen the templated approach fail once already.
Get a free feasibility viewWhat we focus on
Loft Conversions considerations specific to Cury.
01
Building regs require minimum 2.0 metre headroom over the stairs and 30-minute fire protection on the existing stair enclosure — both shape the design.
02
Cut-roof Cornish properties are easier to convert than modern trussed roofs; the structural strategy varies completely.
03
Stairs eat space — a loft conversion lives or dies by where the new staircase lands and what it costs you on the floor below.
04
Cornish slate roofs come in a huge range of pitches — anything below a 30° pitch struggles to give usable headroom without raising the ridge.
Local context
Why Cury is its own job.
In Cury the planning picture is specific: open-countryside policy, access lanes, drainage and agricultural building history all need to be addressed before drawings go too far. For loft conversion specifically, the surrounding landscape falls inside the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, so massing, height and landscape impact carry extra weight in any planning decision; Cornwall Council's Local Plan applies tighter tests to isolated rural dwellings here, so design rationale and policy fit need to be set out clearly from the outset. That local reading is what makes a Cury (TR12) project different from a generic Cornwall scheme — and is the whole reason we work this way. On converted barns in particular — the kind you'll also find toward Truro — the loft conversion brief always has to read the existing fabric first.
Planning note
Most Cornish loft conversions are permitted development — but a Certificate of Lawfulness is worth the extra week and small fee for resale protection.
Local watch-list
Common Cury pitfalls we plan around.
Watch #1
AONB landscape-impact scrutiny on visible elevations
Watch #2
Tighter Local Plan tests on isolated rural dwellings
Cury is part of Mullion
Cury sits inside the Mullion catchment — we cover both as one loft conversion territory.
See Loft Conversions in Mullion →Local fabric
Cury loft conversions — the local-studio difference.
Building stock
Across Cury (TR12) we work on farmhouses, converted barns, rural cottages, smallholdings, scattered modern homes. Each stock type drives a different loft conversion response — converted barns in particular needs careful detailing here.
Parish & policy
Cury sits in the parish of Cury, which matters for how parish-level consultation lands on a loft conversion application.
Coverage
We cover TR12 from our studio, with regular loft conversion jobs also running in Mullion, Gunwalloe, Predannack. Most Cury site visits get booked within the same week.
Can you handle both planning and build in Cury?
Yes — design, planning, building regs and full construction run under one roof. For clients with an existing Cury builder we can stop at a tender-ready Full Plans pack instead.
Request a free visitWho this is for
Cury runs the full mix — owner-occupier, holiday-let, commercial and the occasional smallholding — so we scope every loft conversion enquiry from the use-class up.
FAQs
Cury Loft Conversions — local questions answered.
- How much does a loft conversion cost?
- A simple Velux conversion starts around £30,000 in Cornwall; a rear dormer with en-suite typically runs £45,000 to £65,000; hip-to-gable and mansards more. Stair location and bathroom complexity drive most of the cost. In Cury specifically, we'd start by checking AONB landscape sensitivity before committing to a direction.
- How long does a loft conversion take?
- Allow six to ten weeks on site for a Velux conversion, eight to fourteen weeks for a dormer, twelve to eighteen weeks for hip-to-gable. Add four to eight weeks for design and regs beforehand.
- Will it add value?
- An extra bedroom and bathroom typically adds noticeably more value than the build cost in most Cornish markets — but the value matters less than the daily use you'll get from the space.
- Will I have enough headroom?
- We need a minimum 2.2 metres ridge-to-joist before alterations to make a usable conversion straightforward. Less than that and we'd consider raising the ridge, which is a planning conversation, not a permitted development one.
- Do I need planning permission for a loft conversion?
- Often no — most loft conversions sit inside permitted development on a typical Cornish house. Conservation Areas, AONB and properties on principal elevations need full planning, and we'll confirm at first review.
Other services in Cury
Nearby places we cover
The TR12 stretch of Lizard Peninsula has its own rhythm; our loft conversion work respects it, and Cornwall Council usually responds in kind.