House extension design by a RIBA Chartered Architect across Sussex, Surrey and the South East
As a house extension architect in Sussex, Nigel helps clients develop practical, imaginative designs that respond to the existing home, garden and planning context.
Led by RIBA Chartered Architect Nigel Dalby, the practice brings design judgement, planning experience and technical knowledge to projects where more space, better light and a more thoughtful relationship with the house and garden are needed.
Considering an extension or alteration? Contact Nigel for an initial conversation.
Designing an extension that belongs
A successful extension should do more than add floor area. It should improve how the home works, how rooms connect, how daylight enters the building and how the new work relates to the existing architecture.
Dalby Architecture designs extensions that are practical, imaginative and carefully considered, whether the project is contemporary, traditional or a sensitive addition to an older building.
Rear, side and kitchen extensions in Sussex
The practice can support rear extensions, side extensions, kitchen extensions and larger remodelling projects where the layout of the existing home needs to be improved.
This may include opening up darker rooms, improving the connection between kitchen, dining and garden spaces, resolving awkward circulation, or designing a more generous living area that still feels appropriate to the original house.
Planning applications
Many extensions require planning permission, especially where the property is in a conservation area, close to neighbouring homes, outside permitted development limits or involves a more ambitious design.
Dalby Architecture can prepare the drawings and supporting information needed for a planning application, helping present the proposal clearly to the local authority and respond to relevant planning considerations.
Older homes, listed buildings and conservation areas
Extensions to historic buildings and homes in conservation areas need particular care. Nigel has experience working with older properties where design quality, heritage sensitivity and planning justification are important.
The aim is to create new space that improves the way the home works while respecting the character, proportions and setting of the existing building.
Building regulations and technical design
Once the design is agreed, the project can be developed into more detailed drawings for building regulations, structural coordination and construction.
This stage helps turn the planning design into information that can be reviewed by building control, discussed with engineers and used by contractors when pricing and carrying out the work.
Working directly with Nigel
Clients work directly with Nigel Dalby throughout the project, from the first conversation through to design development, applications and construction-stage support where needed.
For homeowners, this means the person you speak to at the beginning remains involved as the design develops, rather than the project being handed off to a junior team.
Relevant project examples
Dalby Architecture’s project experience includes rear extensions, side extensions, kitchen extensions, contemporary additions and sensitive alterations to existing homes across Sussex and the South East.
Example projects:
- Glass and steel house extension in Ditchling Conservation Area
- Contemporary glazed extension to a Grade II* listed farmhouse in Newick
Discuss your extension project
Planning a house extension, alteration or remodelling project in Sussex, Surrey or the South East?
Contact Nigel for an initial conversation.
Call: 01273 304 669
Mobile: 07734 391 742
Email: nigel@dalbyarchitecture.co.uk