Benson Design

31/03/2026

One of a few listed / conservation projects we've been working on. Genuine pleasure to be involved with a bit of history.

09/01/2026

Has having everyone round for Christmas dinner made you realise you need a bigger house (or a smaller family)? There are plenty of options to explore without the need to move or murder, we specialise in all of the following;

- Large 'rear' extensions - Kitchen, Living, Dining
- Knock-throughs and renovations / re-plan layouts with no extension.
- Loft conversions for extra bedrooms.
- Garage conversions / build-overs.

All of these can be explored to see which is right for you in terms of space, budget and timescales.

08/01/2026

First planning permission of 2026 secured!

Renovation of a dilapidated 19th century cottage into a modern, spacious 4-bedroom dwelling with rear picture windows over the huge garden. We retained the cottage frontage in order to maintain the street-scene vernacular, with modern large-scale glazing to the rear.

Business in the front, party in the back.

18/12/2025

We carried out a site visit yesterday on a project prior to a full site start in the new year - we only recently received planning approval for this after a long, protracted process, due mainly to one of the parts of the building being listed.

We will be turning this collection of barns, stables and agricultural outbuildings into two stunning private dwellings, with original features retained but modern living standards exceeded.

Onto the technical drawings and specifications for this now that the design stage is complete.

Property conversions sought for 2026, get in touch.

16/12/2025

When we say 'no project too big' we genuinely mean it - earlier this year we were tasked with masterplanning the re-design of pretty much an entire village!

4 separate housing sites and 2 commercial sites were explored in this overall design proposal.

There are a lot of land-ownership and planning hurdles to overcome on this one yet, but the base proposals to secure investor funding for our client did exactly that.

15/12/2025

One of the projects on our desk at the moment is a plot of land in Lincolnshire that we are looking to develop alongside our client - feasibility study carried out with varying options to determine the best use of the site taking into account build costs, end values and planning considerations. Once the land purchase is formalised this one should move along in the new year.

If you have a plot of land, are looking to purchase, or if you're looking for a self build plot then please get in touch - we'd love to help.

13/12/2025

Small projects need love too - a couple of garden room / outbuilding projects we've worked on. One of these is in for planning and the others have achieved planning permission - many outbuilding projects can be carried out under permitted development too and we would always advise the best way forwards on this.

Booking work in for 2026 - get in touch to discuss any ideas you may have.

02/09/2025

We've hit the press! No interviews please.

Plans for improved facilities have been submitted to council development bosses

07/07/2025

PLANNING PERMISSION

It can feel like the planning system is a bit clogged up at times, it certainly feels like that to us at the moment with various projects country-wide all being met with similar delays, extensions of time, further information requests for the most minor of points. But that makes it all the better when a permission finally lands - as with others we have had to keep plugging away at this one to an extent but great to finally get it over the line.

Great self-build opportunity in a village location for a bungalow property (always in demand)

25/03/2025

Some project this 👀

14/02/2025

Planning permission granted last week for this project. Working drawings for building regulations compliance comes next - and we'd best be quick about it as the client already has the roof off.