Wraparound extension drawings in Ealing

Ealing's heritage and policy layer

Ealing has 31 conservation areas, and Historic England lists 309 entries in the borough. Part of the borough, 6 per cent, is Green Belt.

The national rule agrees with the local one: On article 2(3) land (conservation areas etc.): no side extensions, no cladding, no rear extension of more than one storey under Class A. A wraparound includes a side arm, so it has to go through a full application in any of those areas.

The borough's policy base is older than most. Its Ealing Local Plan: Development (or Core) Strategy DPD (2012), with Development Sites DPD and Development Management DPD (December 2013) dates from 2,012, so the SPD carries more weight in practice than the policy text itself.

The borough mixes Victorian terraces near Ealing Broadway with interwar streets further out, and each conservation area has its own appraisal. We check the conservation area appraisal for your street, which usually lists the features the council wants retained.

Who lives in Ealing's houses

In Ealing 50.3 per cent of households live in a house, and 46.2 per cent own their home. Long rear gardens are where wraparound requests usually come from.

Domestic gardens cover 25.6 per cent of the land. The long plots make a deep rear arm look easy, but the side arm is where the conservation area rule bites, and in Ealing the side gap is often a deliberate part of the street's rhythm.

Ealing's Article 4 direction for houses in multiple occupation also applies in the borough, which matters if you want to let rooms. We raise it early because a larger kitchen and a rearranged first floor can tip a house into a different use.

Decisions and the prior approval record

Ealing decided 946 householder applications in its latest published year. It granted 87.2 per cent, and decided 95.3 per cent in time.

The prior approval route for larger rear extensions has a different record: 18 granted and 70 refused. Refusals outnumber approvals by a wide margin, and neighbour objection is the usual cause.

We therefore advise against building a wraparound strategy around prior approval. Our planning drawings set is the normal route here.

Even with the numbers in view, the best predictor of a decision is the planning history on your own street. We read the last few years of householder decisions near your house, note which designs were granted and which refused, and draw to the pattern.

Wraparound extension drawings in Ealing: the package

The council's householder fee is £548. A side arm on a semi means a notice to the neighbour: Line-of-junction (new wall) notice at least 1 month before work. Our drawings start at £1,195 including VAT, a second chartered technologist checks them, and we redraw at no charge if the council asks for changes.

You may want to compare rear extension drawings in Ealing or side return extension drawings in Ealing, and the borough overview is at architectural drawings in Ealing. Neighbouring councils are Brent and Hounslow.

If a wraparound is refused in a conservation area, the realistic next step is a revised scheme and not an appeal. We keep the model, redraw the narrower version at no charge, and resubmit with a note explaining how the design answers the council's comments.

Before any of that, we recommend a short pre-application conversation where the council offers one. It costs a fee, but it gives you the officer's first reading of the SPD against your own plans.