Rear extension drawings in Ealing

Going beyond the guide: prior approval in Ealing

A deeper single-storey extension can use prior approval, where the national reach is 6 m (attached) / 8 m (detached), single storey, height max 4 m; not on article 2(3) land or an SSSI. Ealing's record on that route is the most telling local figure: in the latest twelve months of national statistics it granted 18 larger home extension prior approvals and refused 70.

Those numbers show that most larger extension prior approvals in the period were refused. We often advise using the council's own figure as the starting point, and applying for more only when your neighbours' layout genuinely allows it.

The clock is short on this route. If the council has not notified a decision within 42 days of receiving the information, the national rule lets work begin. Given Ealing's refusals, we would not start on silence without checking the written position first.

Ealing's houses, gardens and heritage

Ealing splits close to evenly: 50.3 per cent of households live in a house or bungalow, and the rest in flats. Domestic gardens cover 25.6 per cent of the borough's land.

The council publishes 31 conservation areas and green belt covers 6 per cent of the area. Historic England lists 309 entries. Ealing also has an Article 4 direction on small houses in multiple occupation, so a house being converted for sharing needs its own check.

Ealing householder decisions

Ealing decided 946 householder applications in its latest published year and granted 87.2 per cent. 95.3 per cent were decided within eight weeks or an agreed extension.

That speed is the reason to get the drawings right the first time. A missing dimension can mean a request for more information, so we check every sheet before it goes in.

Boundaries, eaves and party walls in Ealing

The guide's depth and height figures meet two national rules at the boundary. Near it, Eaves no higher than 3 m where within 2 m of the curtilage boundary. If foundations go deep near a neighbour, the Party Wall Act applies: Adjacent excavation notice at least 1 month before work: within 3 m and deeper than the neighbour's foundations, or within 6 m and cutting a 45° line from their foundations.

In a typical Ealing semi we would therefore keep the flank wall low, hold the roof pitch away from the boundary and serve any notices before work starts. The aim is a design that satisfies the council's guide and the neighbour's surveyor in one pass.

Rear extension drawings for Ealing: the set and the fee

You get existing and proposed plans, sections and elevations plus location and block plans. The fee starts at £695 with VAT included, and is fixed before you commit. A second chartered technologist checks every sheet, and we redraw free of charge if the council asks for changes. The council's fee is £548, paid to it separately.

Other projects and neighbouring councils

Looking to widen the extension towards the side? See side return extension drawings in Ealing, or house extension drawings in Ealing to compare the shapes. The borough overview is architectural drawings in Ealing. Close to the boundary? Look at Hounslow and Hammersmith and Fulham.