My wife and I have been thinking about getting our house extended, this is so we can have a bathroom and bedroom downstairs for Emma.

Due to the layout of our house, it would be best to have this done at the front.
We live in an ex council house, there is about 30' from the front of the house to the pavement - so a small extension on the front would not be too intrusive.

Does anyone have any experience in extending their homes like this?

I know you can get grants to help with home adaptations, just wondered about planning permission and getting drawings made and submitted.
Emma is just about to start at a special school, so she is in a sort of limbo between OT's at the moment.

Hi Scott,
How small an extension are you thinking?
To accomdate the bathroom and bedroom?
I couldnt see that going through as it maybe classed as not in keeping with the area.
But i dont know what the area looks like so its quite hard to say.
What about the back or side is that not an option for you?
You could apply for a disabled facilities grant and that covers the plans and fees.
You mention about the occupational therapist limbo why is this?

Emma is just about to start a special school, so she will get a new OT that is linked with the school, so we might as well wait for that to get sorted (she starts in 2 weeks)

There is nothing in the area that has had an extension to the front, but a lot of people have had porches added.

If we extended to the rear, we would have to have a new kitchen, we have a long kitchen diner, with the kitchen to the back. We've also had the garden landscaped to the rear (thanks to some inheritance from my Gran) and have made iit wheelchair friendly, with nice wide, gently sloping paths to the different levels. There is no room to the side to extend (unless the neighbours don't mind us putting a room in their garden )

I just wanted to see if anyone else had any experience, and if planners are more lenient when assessing for the needs of the disabled.