Architectural & Interior Design in St John's Wood, NW8
Architectural and interior design for homes in St John's Wood: measured survey, concept options, planning and building regulation drawings, and a complete interior specification.
Covered under one contract
- Measured survey and existing drawings
- Concept options and developed design
- Planning and building regulation drawings
- Interior design, finishes and lighting
- 3D visuals
- Specification for pricing
Architectural & Interior Design in St John's Wood.
Good building starts with good drawings. Our in-house architects and interior designers take a project in St John's Wood from a first conversation to a set of drawings the council will validate and a builder can price, and because we are also the builder, the drawings are produced with construction in mind from the first sketch.
The design stage begins with a measured survey of the existing house and a conversation about how you live. From that we draw two or three options, develop the one you choose, and produce the planning application, building regulation drawings and interior specification: finishes, lighting, joinery, kitchen and bathrooms, all as one coordinated scheme.
We design to the policies of the City of Westminster from the outset, so schemes are not redrawn after a refusal, and we obtain pre-application advice where that would help. Many clients start with the design stage alone and decide later whether to build with us; the drawings are theirs either way.
- Area
- St John's Wood, NW8
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Housing
- Italianate stucco villas, Victorian semi-detached houses, red-brick mansion blocks and 1930s apartment buildings
- Transport
- St John's Wood (Jubilee)
- Scope
- Survey to construction drawings
- Design stage
- 4 to 8 weeks
- Deliverables
- Drawings, specification, visuals
- Team
- Architects, interior designers, structural engineer
- Follows on to
- Fixed, itemised build quotation
St John's Wood: the houses and the planning rules.
St John's Wood was London's first garden suburb of villas, laid out from the 1820s, and much of that character survives: paired stucco villas set back behind front gardens, later Victorian houses on the roads towards Maida Vale, and the mansion blocks and 1930s apartment buildings along Wellington Road and St John's Wood Road. Abbey Road and Lord's sit at its edges, Regent's Park to the south.
For owners that means large, well-proportioned rooms, deep plots that suit rear extensions and basements, and a planning authority, Westminster, that expects any change to respect the villa character. We have fitted kitchens on Abbey Road and in the roads off the High Street, and we know which streets carry the tighter controls.
The St John's Wood Conservation Area covers most of the district.
Westminster City Council
Westminster decides planning and listed building applications. The St John's Wood Conservation Area removes some permitted development rights, so many rear extensions and roof changes need a full application.
Villas and gardens
Extensions are judged on their effect on the villa form and on garden space; basements need a Basement Impact Assessment under Westminster's basement policy.
Flats and mansion blocks
Refurbishing a flat usually needs a licence to alter from the freeholder or block management in addition to building regulations.
Approvals for architectural and interior design in St John's Wood.
Drawings are prepared to the council's validation requirements from the outset, so design and application are one exercise. Where pre-application advice would help, we obtain it before the application is submitted.
Westminster decides planning and listed building applications. The St John's Wood Conservation Area removes some permitted development rights, so many rear extensions and roof changes need a full application.
What architectural and interior design in St John's Wood includes.
- Measured survey and existing drawings
- Concept options and developed design
- Planning and building regulation drawings
- Interior design, finishes and lighting
- 3D visuals
- Specification for pricing
From site visit to handover.
- 01
Site visit and brief
We visit, listen and measure, and agree the brief and a fixed design fee.
- 02
Concept options
Layouts and sketches for discussion, usually within two weeks.
- 03
Developed design
The chosen scheme drawn in full, with finishes and visuals.
- 04
Approvals
Planning, listed building and building regulation submissions.
- 05
Build quotation
An itemised price for construction from the finished drawings.
Architectural & Interior Design in St John's Wood: your questions.
Do you offer design only in St John's Wood?
Yes. Many clients start with the design stage, obtain approvals, and then decide whether to build with us. The design fee is fixed at the outset and the drawings are yours.
Will you design to the local planning rules?
We design to the policies of the City of Westminster from the first sketch, so the scheme is not redrawn after a refusal. Where pre-application advice would help, we obtain it.
Which parts of St John's Wood do you cover?
All of St John's Wood and NW8, including Abbey Road, Hamilton Terrace, Loudoun Road, Wellington Road, Circus Road, St John's Wood High Street, 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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We will visit, listen and explain what is possible for your property and how it would be approved. No pressure, no sales pitch.