Empowering Homeowners and Businesses through Innovative Design
Philip James Architecture is a professional architectural design business based in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, offering a wide range of architectural services to individuals, developers, and commercial clients. Our team, led by Philip James, has over 20 years of experience in construction, building design, planning, and building control, gained while working in both the public and private sectors.
OurServices
Our architectural services include planning and building regulations applications for home extensions, new builds, and conversions for local authority approval in and around Leicestershire and the East Midlands. We offer our architectural services with full professional indemnity insurance and are corporate members of the Association of Building Engineers.
At Philip James Architecture, we understand that every project is unique, and we take pride in providing a personal and cost-effective service to our clients. We offer a free consultation, detailed site surveys, sketch design drawings, planning permission drawings and submissions to the local authority, building regulations applications, and recommendations for good local builders.
Residential Services
Whether you are planning a small single-storey extension or a major development to add multiple rooms on a variety of levels, we will design and plan a project to reflect your aspirations and guide you through the planning and building regulations application processes. We offer a range of services for residential clients, including:
- Residential planning permission drawings and applications
- Permitted development advice
- Building regulation drawings and applications
- Advice on public sewer build-over agreements
- Advice on the Party Wall Act
- Energy efficiency calculations
- Preparation and submission of planning and building regulations
- Measured surveys
Commercial Services
Whether it is a small shop conversion, an industrial unit, or a large new build commercial development site, Philip James Architecture can offer a service to suit. Our commercial services include:
- Planning permission drawings and applications for property developments
- Building regulation drawings and applications for property developments
- Measured surveys
- Floor plans for residential and commercial properties
- Outline planning applications
- Change of use planning applications
- New residential developments
- Flat conversions
- Public house and licensed premises plans
- Fire certificate plans
- Lease plans
- Retail planning applications
New Builds
Whether it is a bespoke one-off new build home, a new build residential estate, or a new build commercial development, Philip James Architecture can offer an architectural service to suit your needs from inception to completion.
Extensions
Our architectural services can make your dream of a new luxury loft conversion or a bespoke home extension and conversion a reality. Our designs are created to complement and enhance the look and style of your home, and are engineered to provide a cost-effective solution that can also deliver that elusive "wow" factor. Our service includes local authority planning and building regulation applications.
At Philip James Architecture, we pride ourselves on providing a simple, cost-effective, and professional service to our clients. We offer a free consultation, detailed site surveys, sketch design drawings, planning permission drawings and submissions to the local authority, building regulations applications, and recommendations for good local builders. Whether you are a private individual or a developer, our architectural services are tailored to meet your needs and budget.

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