Roofers in Challock

The flashing comes first, where lead meets brick and slope, then the mortar joint cut into the brickwork, the flaunching round each pot and the soakers beside the stack. The slope around it is read for slipped or cracked pieces. In the loft, if the boards allow a safe look, damp staining under the stack is noted too. Findings are marked repair, replace or check, each with its photograph, and one written total price follows once the whole roof has been read. Anything past a repair is explained first.

The Planning Portal gives a two-part test: less than 25 per cent of the building envelope affected, and less than 50 per cent of the roof. Stay inside both and no application is normally needed. A new covering 15 per cent or more heavier needs approval whatever the percentages say, so the weight of what is on the roof now is noted at the survey. Ashford Borough Council's own Building Control team, on 01233 330282, answers questions about a particular address. Listed roofs have their own consent track.

Scaffolding placed on a highway is licensed by Kent County Council, at £52 per week for 2026 to 2027. We arrange it with our scaffolder. According to Kent County Council, the skip or scaffolding company should submit the application for you. Only poles that land on the road or verge need a permit, so the survey tells you early whether yours will, and neighbours can be warned in good time before any pole goes up. A renewal is applied for ahead of the permit's end date.

Ashford Borough Council holds that answer, and its list of 43 conservation areas comes with a map that its team can read against a single address. Ordinary re-roofing is normally permitted development even inside one, but dormers are not, and an Article 4 direction can remove further rights, so the council is asked about anything bigger than a repair. Its reply is filed alongside your quote, so the answer travels with the job. We pass the reply on in writing.

No. Listed homes keep their permitted development rights for roof work, but listed building consent covers anything that touches the building's character, and Ashford Borough Council decides what counts. The list entry is looked up before pricing, the roof is photographed as it stands and the repair is written to match the covering already there, so the application describes a job a case officer can follow. Photographs taken before work begins stay on file with the quote. Nothing is booked until the reply is back.

The same order of work applies: ridge and hips, each slope, flashings, valleys, eaves and gutters. What changes is the question of age and use. An older outbuilding may sit beside a listed neighbour, and a farm or workshop roof may carry equipment, skylights or a vent. We photograph all of it, note how the covering is fixed, and say whether the fair verdict is a repair, a patch-up that buys time, or a new covering for that roof alone. The photographs go into the quote.