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What can I build, and will it pay? The planning rules, what neighbours have built, planning decisions, energy upgrades, and whether extending pays.
| Bestwood Village | Gedling | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcodes in a conservation area | 11% | 2% | 10% |
| Postcodes under an Article 4 direction | 0% | 0% | 16% |
| Listed buildings | 11 | 4 | 12 |
| Postcodes in a tree preservation order zone | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| Flats | 7% | 11% | 22% |
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Lodge | II | 420 m |
| Garden Walls and Gateway at Bestwood Lodge Hotel | II | 470 m |
| Stable Court at Bestwood Lodge Hotel | II | 580 m |
| Emmanuel Church | II* | 620 m |
| Bakery to North of Bestwood Lodge Hotel | II | 630 m |
| Lych gate at Emmanuel Church | II | 630 m |
| Bestwood Lodge Hotel and Terrace Wall | II* | 670 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
planning.data.gov.uk (OGL), Historic England. The rules at one address are on its postcode's Improving page. General guidance, not planning advice.
| Home | Work | Seen | Space added | Rooms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27, Stockdale Close | Extension | 2026 | +13 m² | 5 → 5 |
| 58, Stockdale Close | Extension | 2026 | +28 m² | – |
| 19, Pennine Close | Extension | 2025 | +16 m² | 5 → 6 |
| 39, Jarrow Gardens | Extension | 2025 | +11 m² | 5 → 6 |
| 28, Cuillin Close | Extension | 2025 | +18 m² | – |
| 59, Woodchurch Road | Extension | 2025 | +27 m² | 7 → 6 |
| 1, Fenchurch Close | Loft conversion | 2024 | – | 5 → 5 |
| 10, Quantock Close | Extension | 2022 | +15 m² | – |
| 38, Jermyn Drive | Extension | 2021 | +10 m² | 6 → 6 |
| 48, Sidlaw Rise | Extension | 2020 | +80 m² | 5 → 8 |
Planning applications outside London aren't published as open data yet, so search the council's own register: the drawings, the decision and the agent are there. Find the council's planning register on GOV.UK ↗
| Bestwood Village | Gedling | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rated A or B | 15% | 12% | 12% |
| Rated E, F or G | 12% | 19% | 16% |
| Homes on mains gas | 92% | 95% | 86% |
| Gas use per home (kWh a year) | 10,566 | 11,252 | 11,043 |
| Households in fuel poverty | 7% | 9% | 10% |
| Homes built before 1919 | 4% | 11% | 20% |
A home's own recommended upgrades and their costs are on its energy certificate, shown on its page.
MHCLG energy certificates; DESNZ fuel poverty.
Across England and Wales, homes extended by a typical 30 m² and then resold rose about 11.1% more than similar homes nearby over the same years (124,884 resales); in East Midlands, 9.4% (9,562 resales).
Rough build costs and resale evidence, not quotes or a valuation. How extensions pay off by size, type and region.
The money you don't get back either way, for the same extra space in Bestwood Village.
| Stamp duty on the new home | £4,300 |
|---|---|
| Estate agent on yours 1.2% + VAT | £3,240 |
| Solicitors, buying and selling | £3,000 |
| Survey | £600 |
| Removals | £1,500 |
| Money gone | £12,640 |
| Building, plus 15% for design, planning and contingency | £57,500 |
|---|---|
| Less what it adds to your home's value 60% of the local price | −£36,600 |
| Money gone | £20,900 |
On these figures, moving loses about £8,260 less. Moving also changes the area, the schools and the commute; extending means months of building work and depends on planning.
Building costs vary a lot (a single-storey rear extension is often £2,000–£3,000 per m², more in London). How much space adds depends on the home and street: what extensions added to resale prices. A guide, not advice; nothing you type leaves this page.
Where people extend most, and where the planning rules are tighter.
| Burton Joyce & Lambley | 26.6 | 5% | 0% | 16 | 31% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravenshead & Newstead | 26.5 | 5% | 0% | 92 | 21% |
| Gedling South | 22.9 | 0% | 0% | 6 | 9% |
| Netherfield & Colwick | 20.3 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 4% |
| Mapperley & Porchester | 19.9 | 0% | 0% | 2 | 6% |
| Carlton | 18.4 | 0% | 0% | 5 | 2% |
| Carlton Hill | 17.8 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 2% |
| Woodthorpe & Arno Vale | 16.7 | 0% | 0% | 3 | 4% |
| Redhill | 14.5 | 0% | 0% | 4 | 7% |
| Calverton & Woodborough | 14.3 | 14% | 0% | 42 | 22% |
| Arnold Town | 13.2 | 0% | 0% | 2 | 2% |
| Bestwood Village (this one) | 12.6 | 11% | 0% | 11 | 15% |
| Plains Estate | 12.4 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 13% |
| Daybrook | 10.7 | 0% | 0% | 9 | 4% |
| Gedling North | 5.8 | 0% | 0% | 2 | 35% |
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| Extension |
| 2019 |
| +17 m² |
| 6 → 6 |
| 4, Snead Court | Extension | 2016 | +16 m² | – |
|---|
Not every extension shows here. We only see building work when a new energy certificate is lodged, which happens when a home is sold, let or newly built. A loft or extension added since then won't appear, even with planning permission and building control sign-off, because those records aren't published as open data outside London. Missing work doesn't mean missing paperwork.
From energy certificates: an extension where a later certificate shows more floor space, a loft conversion where roof rooms appear.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.2% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.6% | 94.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.6% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.1% | 4.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.