Planning Permission & Building Regulations in Earl's Court, SW5
Planning applications, lawful development certificates, listed building consent, building control and party wall matters for properties in Earl's Court, prepared and managed by our own team.
Covered under one contract
- Planning applications and lawful development certificates
- Listed building and conservation area consent
- Building regulations, full plans or building notice
- Structural calculations
- Party wall notices
- Licence to alter for flats
Planning Permission & Building Regulations in Earl's Court.
Whether a project in Earl's Court needs planning permission, and how difficult that permission is to obtain, depends on the property: whether it is in a conservation area, whether it is listed, whether it is a flat with a freeholder, and whether the council has removed permitted development rights on the street. We check all of this at the first visit and tell you the route before any drawings are made.
We then prepare and submit whatever is needed to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: a householder application, a lawful development certificate for permitted development, listed building consent with a heritage statement, or prior approval for a larger extension. Building regulations are handled through an approved inspector or the council's building control, and party wall notices are served where a neighbour's structure is affected.
Because our architects prepare the drawings and our team builds from them, there is no handover between designer, agent and builder. One team is responsible for getting the approval and for building what was approved.
- Area
- Earl's Court, SW5
- Council
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
- Housing
- Victorian terraces and garden squares, mansion blocks, houses converted to flats
- Transport
- Earl's Court (District, Piccadilly)
- Householder application
- 8 weeks from validation
- Listed building consent
- 8 weeks, longer with Historic England
- Lawful development certificate
- 8 weeks
- Party wall notice
- 1 or 2 months before works
- Building control
- Inspections to completion certificate
Earl's Court: the houses and the planning rules.
Earl's Court is late-Victorian London: tall terraces around garden squares such as Nevern Square and Philbeach Gardens, most of them long since converted into flats, with mansion blocks on the main roads. Ceilings are high, rooms are deep and the building fabric rewards a thorough refurbishment.
Our award-winning living space is here, in Nevern Square: a ground floor reworked as one long room with the kitchen hidden behind a wall of bespoke joinery, featured in House & Garden. We also supplied a seamless Corian worktop and basin for a bathroom in the same square.
The Nevern Square, Philbeach and Earl's Court Village conservation areas cover much of it.
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Planning applications go to RBKC. The garden squares are conservation areas and many terraces are listed or locally listed.
Flats
Most properties are leasehold flats, so a licence to alter from the freeholder is normally required alongside building regulations approval.
Party walls
Terraced construction means structural openings and new services usually engage the Party Wall Act; we serve the notices early.
Approvals for planning permission and building regulations in Earl's Court.
We confirm the approvals route at the site visit, prepare the drawings to the council's validation standard and manage each application through to decision, including building control inspections and party wall notices.
Planning applications go to RBKC. The garden squares are conservation areas and many terraces are listed or locally listed.
What planning permission and building regulations in Earl's Court includes.
- Planning applications and lawful development certificates
- Listed building and conservation area consent
- Building regulations, full plans or building notice
- Structural calculations
- Party wall notices
- Licence to alter for flats
From site visit to handover.
- 01
Site visit & consultation
We visit, listen and measure. Brief, budget and constraints understood before any advice is given.
- 02
Design & itemised quote
Our architects and engineers draw the scheme, and from that we provide a transparent, itemised quotation for your approval.
- 03
Planning & approvals
Planning applications, building control and party wall matters handled for you.
- 04
Build, managed weekly
Our own trades, sequenced by a site manager. Progress reported every week.
- 05
Handover & aftercare
Joint snagging walk-through, documentation, and a guarantee on our workmanship.
Planning Permission & Building Regulations in Earl's Court: your questions.
Who decides planning applications in Earl's Court?
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Householder applications are normally decided within eight weeks of validation; listed building consent runs to the same timescale unless Historic England is consulted.
Do I need planning permission in Earl's Court?
It depends on the property and the proposal. Permitted development covers many rear extensions and lofts, but not in flats, listed buildings or where Article 4 directions apply. We confirm the route at the first visit.
Which parts of Earl's Court do you cover?
All of Earl's Court and SW5, including Nevern Square, Philbeach Gardens, Earl's Court Square, Bramham Gardens, Trebovir Road, Warwick Road, and the neighbouring districts. We are based in London and our teams work across central, north, north-west, west and south-west London.
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