Restaurant and café fit-out for Derby businesses

From the first measured survey to the day you open, our restaurant and café fit-out work in Derby is planned around your lease, your landlord and your trading hours.

A restaurant or café fit-out covers the dining area, the service counter and the back-of-house kitchen, including the extraction, gas, drainage and hygiene finishes the kitchen needs.

Guide price for Derby£500–£1,200per m², ex VAT. Fixed after a free survey.

How is the work priced?

Before we price restaurant and café fit-out in Derby, we check the lease, the landlord's fit-out rules, the existing services and how materials can get into the unit.

In and around Derby we are usually asked to work on convenience stores and off-licences and shopping centre units and retail park stores.

What is included?

  • Banquettes, booths and loose seating layout
  • Hygienic wall and floor finishes for kitchens
  • Canopy, extraction and make-up air
  • Gas, water and grease-trap drainage
  • Accessible toilet and baby change

What should Derby owners check first?

  • A new extraction flue often needs planning permission, and odour and noise reports may be asked for.
  • Kitchen gas work must be done and certified by a Gas Safe engineer registered for commercial catering.
  • Register your food business with the council at least 28 days before you start trading.

In England, fit-out work that affects fire escape, structure, drainage or accessibility falls under the Building Regulations and is signed off by local authority or approved inspector building control. Shopfronts, extraction flues and illuminated signs are dealt with separately by the local planning authority.

Questions about restaurant and café fit-out in Derby

Do I need planning permission for a restaurant?

Change of use from shop to restaurant may need planning permission, and a new extraction flue usually does. We check the planning history during the survey.

Can you install the kitchen extraction?

Yes, we coordinate the canopy, ductwork, fan and make-up air as part of the fit-out.

Is the survey free in Derby?

Yes. We survey units in Derby and across Derbyshire free of charge, with no obligation.

How soon can work start in Derby?

Surveys are usually booked within one to two weeks. Your quote includes a start date and a dated programme.

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