Planning Permission & Building Regulations in Fulham, SW6
Planning applications, lawful development certificates, listed building consent, building control and party wall matters for properties in Fulham, 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 Fulham.
Whether a project in Fulham 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 London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham: 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
- Fulham, SW6
- Council
- London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
- Housing
- Late Victorian terraces including the Lion houses of the Peterborough estate, larger houses around Parsons Green and Hurlingham, riverside apartments
- Transport
- Parsons Green, Fulham Broadway, Putney Bridge
- 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
Fulham: the houses and the planning rules.
Fulham is late Victorian family housing on a huge scale: long streets of three-storey terraces built in the 1880s and 1890s, the distinctive Peterborough estate with its stone lions, the larger houses around Parsons Green and the Hurlingham Club, and the new riverside developments along the Thames. Families move here for the houses and then extend them.
Side-return and rear extensions, loft conversions with rear dormers, and basements are the standard sequence for a Fulham terrace, and a full refurbishment often does all three at once. The borough's basement policy and conservation area guidance are well established and we design to them from the outset.
The Parsons Green, Hurlingham, Peterborough Estate, Moore Park and Sands End conservation areas cover most of the residential streets.
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
The borough decides applications. Article 4 directions in most conservation areas mean rear extensions and roof works need a householder application.
Basements
Basements are limited to a single storey and to a proportion of the garden, with a construction method statement and neighbour notification.
Peterborough estate
The Lion houses have specific guidance on roofs, front elevations and rear extensions to keep the estate's uniformity.
Approvals for planning permission and building regulations in Fulham.
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.
The borough decides applications. Article 4 directions in most conservation areas mean rear extensions and roof works need a householder application.
What planning permission and building regulations in Fulham 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 Fulham: your questions.
Who decides planning applications in Fulham?
The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. 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 Fulham?
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 Fulham do you cover?
All of Fulham and SW6, including Parsons Green Lane, Peterborough Road, Hurlingham Road, New King's Road, Studdridge Street, Broomhouse 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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