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Planning drawings in Ealing

Planning drawings for an Ealing house start at £745 including VAT. The borough has its own residential extensions guidance, 31 conservation areas and a long record of lawful development certificates, so the route for a given street is worth settling before design begins.

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    Architectural model of a four-storey London stucco townhouse in its terrace, with a portico, area railings, sash windows, a cornice and chimney stacks
    The house as it stands: four storeys over a lower ground floor.Existing Proposed worksAn illustrative model, built for this page.

    How we work on planning drawings

    Seven steps from first call to approval.

    The same model cut through the middle: every floor, the stair, the chimney breasts, the new mansard, rear extension and basement in section
    Section through the model: every floor on one datum.

    1. Enquiry and constraints check

      We check the property against conservation areas, listed status, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, flood zone and planning history. We choose the right route and send a fixed quote.

    2. Measured survey

      We survey the house on one datum: rooms, levels, boundaries, drains, trees and the neighbours' windows that the 45° and 25° tests depend on.

    3. Design options

      We model the house in Revit and show you options in 3D and plan, with the planning strategy and the precedents in your street.

    4. Design frozen

      You choose an option in writing. Nothing changes after this without your say.

    5. Independent check

      A second chartered technologist checks every sheet against the council's validation checklist and the policy. A senior review signs it off before anything is submitted.

    6. Submission

      We prepare the forms, certificates, fee and documents and submit through the Planning Portal.

    7. Officer liaison

      We answer the planning officer and make any amendments within five working days, at no charge until approval.

    Free redraws until approval. Every drawing set is checked independently, and the checker is never the person who drew it.

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    Rows of brick terraced houses and gardens on a residential street

    Ealing's extensions guidance and what it asks of the drawings

    Ealing's development plan rests on the Ealing Local Plan: Development (or Core) Strategy DPD (2012), with Development Sites DPD and Development Management DPD (December 2013). For a home extension the document that does the day-to-day work is SPD 4 - Residential extensions, and our drawings are organised so an officer can test the scheme against it quickly.

    That means the plan shows the depth of the extension from the main rear wall and its distance from each boundary, the elevations show roof form and eaves against the original house, and the sections show how the new ceiling heights relate to neighbouring windows. We draw these relationships because the guidance is about relationships: between old and new, and between your house and the next.

    Where a side extension is proposed, the street elevation matters more still. Terraces and semis in the borough often depend on a gap between buildings, so we show that gap and any set-back at the front.

    Before drawing anything we read the planning history of your address and the three or four houses either side. A previous refusal, a condition that removed rear windows or a boundary agreement can all change what is realistic, and finding them at the start costs far less than discovering them after submission. The same history shows which materials the council has accepted nearby, and we specify to match.

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    Local figures for Ealing

    Figures with their unit, period and source
    MeasureValuePeriodSource
    Conservation areas31 named conservation areas published by the council—planning.data.gov.uk
    Listed building entries309 list entries (Historic England, within the LPA boundary)—planning.data.gov.uk
    Heritage at Risk entries18 Heritage at Risk Register entries within the LPA boundary (Historic England)—planning.data.gov.uk
    Householder decisions946 decisions1 July 2025 - 30 June 2026assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
    Householder applications granted87.2 %1 July 2025 - 30 June 2026assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
    Householder applications decided in time95.3 % decided within 8 weeks or an agreed extended period1 July 2025 - 30 June 2026assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
    Larger home extension prior approvals refused70 decisions2025 Q2 to 2026 Q1 (1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2026)assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
    Lawful development certificate applications (PS1)754 certificates2025 Q2 to 2026 Q1 (1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2026)assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
    Average price, semi-detached887,458 GBP2026-07publicdata.landregistry.gov.uk
    Householder: alterations/extensions to a single dwellinghouse, from 1 Apr 2026548 GBP—ribblevalley.gov.uk

    A blank value means the figure has not been published, not that there are none. Check your own address with the council.

    Councils bordering Ealing
    Which application your project needsLawful Development Certificate decision: 8 weeks. Prior approval decision: 42 days. Householder decision: 8 weeksYour projectWithin permitted development?Lawful Development CertificatePrior approvalHouseholder applicationYesLarger rear extensionNoABC

    Which application your project needs

    The usual route for a house; flats and listed buildings follow other rules.

    A · Lawful Development Certificate decision
    8 weeks
    B · Prior approval decision
    42 days
    C · Householder decision
    8 weeks

    How Ealing has decided householder cases

    In its latest twelve months Ealing decided 946 householder applications, granting 87.2 per cent, and 95.3 per cent were decided on time or inside an agreed extension. Its 821 minor decisions were granted at 80 per cent.

    Those numbers describe a council that processes domestic schemes reliably and quickly, which suits a client planning a build date. They say nothing about one particular house, so we treat them as a planning guide only and read the actual precedents on your road.

    The picture changes for larger rear extensions applied for under prior approval. Ealing granted 18 and refused 70 in the latest national return, so a deep extension here is often better as a householder application.

    A scheme that follows the SPD and arrives complete is the best protection against delay. Councils return applications as invalid for small faults, such as a location plan without the red line to the highway, and the statutory clock only starts once the application is valid.

    Conservation areas and listed buildings in Ealing

    The council publishes 31 conservation areas, and Historic England lists 309 entries in the borough, 18 of them Grade II*. The register of heritage at risk holds 18 entries.

    Inside a conservation area permitted development rights are reduced, and an Article 4 direction can remove more, and listed houses need listed building consent. Green belt covers 6 per cent of the borough.

    We check all of these first and report them in one note on your address, so that the quote reflects the route you will actually take.

    Lawful development certificates and the route you choose

    Ealing handled 754 lawful development certificate applications in the latest return, which shows how many owners prove their rights this way before they build. A Lawful Development Certificate in Ealing gives certainty in writing and is worth having for a rear extension or loft that fits within the limits.

    Where permitted development runs out, a householder application costs £548 to the council. 50.3 per cent of households live in a house and 46.2 per cent are owner-occupiers, and a semi-detached house averages £887,458, so extensions are a common alternative to moving.

    Ealing also has an Article 4 direction for houses in multiple occupation, and Central Ealing carries a higher borough levy than the rest of the area.

    If you are weighing a loft against a rear extension, tell us at the start. The two use different parts of the guidance, and in a pair of semis the neighbour may be planning the same thing, which is worth knowing before either set is submitted.

    Planning drawings in Ealing: price and checking

    A householder set starts at £745, VAT included, fixed before you instruct us. It contains existing and proposed plans, elevations, sections, a location plan and a block plan.

    A second chartered technologist checks each sheet. If the council raises issues we amend the drawings free of charge until approval, though the decision is always the council's.

    Related pages and nearby boroughs

    See architectural drawings in Ealing for the borough overview, or building regulations drawings in Ealing for the stage after consent.

    Next door, compare planning drawings in Hounslow, Brent and Hillingdon, or read the national rules at planning drawings.

    What you receive

    Planning drawing sheet for a rear extension with plans, elevations and sections
    Sample drawing. Planning drawings for a rear extension: plans, elevations and sections on one sheet set.
    Brick cottage with a tiled roof, chimneys and a front dormer window
    The street around you
    Move across the plinth — the blocks rise around the pointer.

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    Questions

    Which Ealing guidance covers house extensions?

    SPD 4 - Residential extensions, applied with the Ealing Local Plan: Development (or Core) Strategy DPD (2012), with Development Sites DPD and Development Management DPD (December 2013).

    How long does Ealing take to decide a householder application?

    The statutory period is 8 weeks, and the council decided 95.3 per cent of householder cases on time or within an agreed extension in the latest year.

    How much do planning drawings cost in Ealing?

    From £745 including VAT, fixed up front. The application fee goes to the council.

    Is prior approval worth trying for a large rear extension in Ealing?

    The council refused 70 against 18 granted in the latest return, so we compare it with a householder application first.

    Sources and dates

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    Tell us about your property.

    We check the constraints, then send a fixed fee. Messages before 3pm get a reply the same working day.

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