New build drawings in Hammersmith and Fulham

Which sites actually come up

Just 24.6 per cent of households live in a house here, and 32.1 per cent own their home. A new build in this borough is more likely to be a mews house, a rear-garden infill, or the replacement of a worn-out building than a new plot on an open street.

Gardens make up only 17.1 per cent of the land, so garden-land proposals are scarce and each is closely read. Where one does arise, the drawing needs to show the retained garden depth and the neighbours' windows clearly.

The borough sits in Mayoral CIL band 1, at a current indexed rate of £96.97 per square metre. The council fee is £610 per dwelling for up to nine homes.

Conservation areas and listed neighbours

The council publishes 47 conservation areas, and holds 268 listed building entries. 15 entries appear on the Heritage at Risk register.

In practice a new building almost always touches a conservation area or faces a listed one. We draw the street elevation with the neighbouring cornice, eaves and window heads shown to scale, using levels from a measured building survey, so the officer can judge the new roofline without a site visit.

Standards that shape the plans

Every new dwelling must meet the national space standard: Minimum GIA: 1b1p 39 m² (37 m² with shower), 1b2p 50 m², 2b3p 61 m², 2b4p 70 m² (one-storey dwellings); 3b4p 74 m², 3b5p 86 m². In London, At least 10% M4(3) wheelchair user dwellings; all others M4(2). Water use is capped at 125 litres/person/day, or 110 where the optional requirement applies.

We mark these on the plans so the officer does not have to work them out, and carry them into building regulations drawings in Hammersmith and Fulham later.

Planning the programme around a slower decision

A borough that grants most of what it decides but takes longer to decide it asks something specific of the person paying for the scheme: plan the money as well as the drawings. Interest on the land, rented accommodation for the client and the builder's availability all run through the wait, and a late decision can move a start date into winter.

We therefore give each client a programme at the start of the job, with the survey week, the design freeze, the submission date and a realistic period for the council, based on the figures above and not on the statutory minimum. We also say plainly that the period is the council's, not ours.

The best protection we can offer is a set the officer can validate on the first day. That means a complete application form, correct ownership notices, a site location plan at the right scale, a block plan, floor plans, elevations and sections, a design and access statement where required, and the area schedule. A missing item can delay validation before the clock even starts.

Biodiversity net gain is worth a note too: From 6 Aug 2026 BNG does not apply to sites of 0.2 ha or less; the self-build exemption ended for applications from 6 Aug 2026. We tell you at the first call whether it is likely to apply, since a late request for ecology work can add weeks.

Once the consent is secure, our construction drawings in Hammersmith and Fulham turn the approved design into the set a builder can price and build from.

We do not promise a date and we do not promise an outcome. We promise a complete set, an honest programme and a second technologist's check on every sheet.

How we start

Give us the address and a few lines on the idea. We check constraints and levies, quote a fixed fee and, after survey, test options in our 3D model. You choose one in writing.

If the council asks for amendments, we redraw free of charge until approval. We cannot predict the decision.