House extensions
Single and two-storey, rear and side, orangeries and garden rooms. Designed around light, views and how you live, not just square metres.
Newquay, Truro and across Cornwall
Architectural design, planning permission and building regulations, from first sketch to a build-ready set of drawings.
The Farmhouse, Watergate Bay (visualisation)
What we do
Single and two-storey, rear and side, orangeries and garden rooms. Designed around light, views and how you live, not just square metres.
Drawings, applications and Design & Access Statements, including conservation areas, AONB and heritage sites. We deal with Cornwall Council so you don't have to.
Full plans packages your builder can price and build from, with structural coordination and Building Control liaison included.
Selected projects
St Columb Major · Completed
A replacement orangery designed to match the style of the original house. Two new steels opened up the ground floor, so the kitchen and dining space now runs straight out to the garden under a roof lantern. We carried out the measured survey, gained planning and produced the building regulations drawings; Elements Build built it.
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Killifreth, World Heritage Site · Planning approved
Two earlier applications had been refused. We went east instead of west, stretching a single-storey extension across the site to keep views of the Killifreth engine house, and worked it through with the World Heritage Officer and Cornwall's planners.
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Newquay · Planning and building regs
An old garage replaced with a large side extension that opens the house up to sea views over Porth Beach, with interior design and 3D visuals to settle materials before building.
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St Irven · Two-storey extension
A two-storey side extension in zinc and timber for a growing family, with a vaulted living space and generous glazing that keeps the scale of the original farmhouse.
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Falmouth, AONB · Planning approved
A single-storey side and rear extension in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, finished in Cornish stone and render, with a light-filled open-plan living space at the back.
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Truro · Extension and garden
A tired 1960s house reworked into an open-plan contemporary home, with a garage extension for a home gym, a roof terrace above and a garden reshaped across four levels.
See the projectHow it works
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We visit your home, hear what you want and tell you honestly what's achievable.
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A measured survey, then concept designs and 3D visuals you can walk through.
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We prepare and submit the application and manage it through to a decision.
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A full technical package, ready for Building Control and your builder.
Thank you Elliot for your help with our very complex planning application, you succeeded where others had previously failed.
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Elliot James Architecture is a Newquay-based residential design practice. Every project is led personally by Elliot, from the first visit to the final drawings.
What clients say
We couldn’t be happier. From the initial design through to the finished result, the whole process was professional, well organised, and stress-free. It has completely exceeded our expectations: beautifully designed, practical, and finished to an exceptionally high standard.
We've been working with Elliot for over a year now. He runs a fantastic team and is always honest, reliable and delivers quality work. We're looking forward to working with him more and highly recommend!
Elliot compiled our plans for our garage conversion and took care of the associated building regulations. Throughout the process he kept us informed at all stages, made some amendments that we required and was thoroughly professional throughout. I … wouldn't hesitate to recommend him.
Elliot and team were fantastic, and went the extra mile to ensure my needs were met. Final drawings and planning permission was a simple process once they were involved. Would definitely recommend their services.
Elliot was a top architect for us, changed the design super quick on more than one occasion. Great communication, swift replies and kept us in the loop throughout. I would absolutely use him again and recommend him to my friends and family.
Very helpful. Friendly service.
Thank you Elliot for your help with our very complex planning application, you succeeded where others had previously failed! … You had to deal with Cornwall Planners and the World Heritage Office and find a way forward with a design that suited all parties. The end result a very pleasing design of the old meets new.
Elliot has been brilliant in dealing with my plans to extend my property, giving us one extra room. He's chased the planners and succeeded in getting planning through. He also arranged the building regs which have been approved. I would 100% recommend him.
Elliot visited our home, listened to our requirements and talked through the options and some ideas … He provided good advice, kept in regular contact and was keen to ensure we were happy with the end result. Which we were. You should certainly have a chat with him.
Excellent service received! Thank you Elliot for your assistance with our planning application. From start to finish you have been professional, prompt and super helpful. We would highly recommend your service to anyone needing assistance to navigate what can be a complex process.
My experience using Elliot's services was great. He was efficient, professional and very helpful with his ideas and advice. I feel happy to highly recommend him.
Elliot was very professional, efficient and outstanding at every stage of our planning application. His work was detailed and thorough … An absolute pleasure to work with and cannot be rated at just a five star scale as his work was far more superior!
Thanks Elliot for all your help and consideration.
Elliot is a particularly nice, helpful, young guy. I did try to get help from others … there was lots of teeth sucking and evasiveness, but not Elliot, straight in and got the job done.
Needed some initial feasibility and planning drawings for my extension. Better value and far quicker than anyone else on the market.
Many thanks for all your patience and hard work in creating such amazing designs for the front of my house. You listened to all my wish list and managed to come up with exactly what I was hoping for … I would have no hesitation recommending you.
Elliot supplied a professional service from concept to delivery. I have now used his services for four projects.
Thank you Elliot for your work on my project! I'm so very pleased with the final drawings and would highly recommend your services to anyone considering building work.
Elliot was excellent all the way through the process of completing a set of CAD drawings for our planning application … it was literally under 2 weeks from appointing him. We have more projects which we will work on with Elliot in the future.
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