Regions we cover
LINX Design & Build takes on architecture, planning, extensions, loft conversions, renovations and new builds across Birmingham and the West Midlands, including Solihull, Coventry, Wolverhampton and the Black Country. One in-house team designs each project, secures approval from the relevant council and builds it, starting with a free survey and a fixed-price quote.
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Design & build
The West Midlands metropolitan area has seven planning authorities: Birmingham City Council, Coventry City Council, the City of Wolverhampton Council and the metropolitan boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull and Walsall. The West Midlands Green Belt surrounds the conurbation, including the Meriden Gap between Birmingham and Coventry, so homes in the countryside around Solihull, Meriden and Sutton Coldfield face Green Belt policy.
Birmingham's suburbs hold some of the region's most varied housing, from Victorian and Edwardian terraces in Moseley, Kings Heath and Harborne to Regency and Victorian villas in Edgbaston and the Arts and Crafts cottages of Bournville, where the Bournville Village Trust's scheme of management applies alongside planning. Across the Black Country, red-brick terraces and interwar semis are the norm.
Birmingham's inner suburbs have Victorian and Edwardian terraces and villas in Moseley, Kings Heath, Harborne and Handsworth, with grander Regency and Victorian houses in Edgbaston. Bournville is known for its Arts and Crafts cottages, and Sutton Coldfield, Solihull, Knowle and Dorridge have larger interwar and post-war detached and semi-detached homes. Coventry was extensively rebuilt after the Second World War, and the Black Country towns have red-brick terraces and interwar semis that suit rear extensions and loft conversions.
Our services
Our architects design for Birmingham's Victorian suburbs, Bournville's Arts and Crafts streets and the larger homes of Solihull and Sutton Coldfield.
Find out more 02We prepare applications to all seven West Midlands councils and, in Bournville, prepare drawings for Bournville Village Trust consent alongside planning permission.
Find out more 03Rear and side-return extensions suit terraces in Moseley and Kings Heath, while semis and detached homes in Solihull and Sutton Coldfield suit wrap-around and two-storey extensions.
Find out more 04Rear dormers suit Victorian terraces and hip-to-gable conversions suit interwar semis, both often under permitted development outside conservation areas.
Find out more 05We renovate Victorian, Edwardian and post-war homes, including structural alterations and work to listed buildings where listed building consent is required.
Find out more 06We design and build infill and replacement homes, checking Green Belt policy on the edge of the conurbation and the relevant council's local plan.
Find out morePlanning
How it works
We visit, measure up and talk through what you want to build and what the site allows.
Our in-house team draws the scheme and handles planning or a Lawful Development Certificate, plus Building Regulations.
You get an itemised, fixed price in writing before any work starts.
One team builds it, keeps you updated weekly and hands over with a 10-year structural guarantee.
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Questions
Possibly. In Bournville, the Bournville Village Trust's scheme of management requires the Trust's consent for many external alterations, in addition to any planning permission. Bournville Village, Edgbaston and Moseley also include conservation areas, where loft conversions, side extensions and cladding are not permitted development. Parts of Edgbaston may also have estate covenants. We check the planning designations first, and your solicitor can confirm any covenants on the title.
It depends on the roof. Victorian and Edwardian terraces in Moseley, Kings Heath and Harborne usually suit a rear dormer, interwar semis in Sutton Coldfield and Hall Green often suit a hip-to-gable conversion with a rear dormer, and some homes only have space for rooflights. Outside conservation areas, these can usually be permitted development within 40 m³ for a terrace or 50 m³ for a semi. We assess the roof structure and head height at the free survey.
Usually, with planning permission. A wrap-around extension combines a side and a rear extension, and in most cases it cannot be built under permitted development, so Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council will assess a householder application. The council will look at the extension's scale, how close it sits to the boundary and its effect on neighbours' light and outlook. We prepare the drawings and application, and confirm whether any part could proceed as permitted development.
We price every West Midlands project individually and give a fixed-price quote after a free survey. The price depends on the design, the existing structure, foundations, drainage, access and the specification. Local factors, such as ground conditions in former coal-mining areas of the Black Country, matching red brick on a Victorian terrace or conservation-area materials, are included in the quote from the start.
Householder planning applications to the seven West Midlands councils have an 8-week statutory determination period from validation, and prior approval for a larger single-storey rear extension is decided within 42 days. A Lawful Development Certificate can confirm permitted development before work starts. Building Regulations approval runs alongside, and the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 often applies to terraces and semis. We confirm the build programme once the design and approvals are settled.
We take on projects across Birmingham and the West Midlands, including Edgbaston, Harborne, Moseley, Kings Heath, Bournville, Sutton Coldfield, Solihull, Knowle, Dorridge, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley, Stourbridge and West Bromwich. Every project starts with a free survey at the property, followed by a fixed-price quote from our in-house design, planning and build team.