Architectural Drawings in Golders Green | Fixed-Fee Plans

No Article 4 Direction covers Barnet, which keeps the Golders Green permitted-development route open on unlisted houses. Golders Green is Edwardian and 1930s semi-detached; near Golders Green Hippodrome that context does most of the work in an officer report. Golders Green sits close enough to Hampstead Garden Suburb that designation should be checked at the outset, not after design. Every Golders Green enquiry starts with that check.

Article 4 directions are checked street by street in Golders Green; the borough-wide answer is rarely the whole answer. A Golders Green survey establishes the edwardian villas dimensions that decide the scheme — original rear wall, floor levels, and ridge height against Golders Green Hippodrome. The borough policy layer over every NW11 address is set out on Barnet planning. The Golders Green survey then carries into house extension drawings in Golders Green if the project runs on to construction.

A Golders Green application is not live until London Borough of Barnet validates it, which takes one to two weeks on a complete pack. Step one at a NW11 address is a full measured survey of the existing building.

Statutory periods: 8 weeks from validation for a householder application, 13 weeks for a major scheme, 6 weeks for prior approval with a 21 days neighbour consultation, and 5 weeks for a full plans building control submission. A party structure notice requires one month notice and two months where excavation is involved.

Amendments during the Golders Green determination are handled without a resubmission where possible. Drawings for Golders Green are supplied print-ready and in the format London Borough of Barnet accepts.

Neighbour comment is what shapes most Golders Green decisions; policy rarely decides alone. We measure the NW11 property room by room, including ceiling heights and floor falls.

Party wall procedure runs alongside the Golders Green application, not after it. Once consent is granted, planning permission follows for the NW11 property.

Golders Green is characterised by edwardian villas, 1930s semi-detached, concentrated across NW11 in the Golders Green / Hampstead Garden Suburb area. NW11 construction is edwardian villas-led, and the survey establishes what it carries. Reading that across to Golders Green stock: edwardian back additions here are often out of plumb, which matters once a steel goes in. On Barnet stock it changes the party wall position. Height on a Golders Green proposal is measured against its neighbours, not against a policy number; the Golders Green Hippodrome terraces set that datum.

No borough-specific basement policy applies in Barnet, so subterranean work at a Golders Green address is judged on amenity, drainage and structural grounds. One Golders Green survey serves building regulations drawings for NW11 properties and loft conversion drawings too; we do not re-measure a NW11 property for each submission.

What the Golders Green drawing pack contains

Contents of the NW11 drawing pack:

• laser measured survey for the Golders Green property
• existing floor plans at 1:50
• proposed floor plans
• all elevations
• site and location plans

Local landmarks that shape a Golders Green application

• Golders Hill Park — front-to-back level changes that drive the Golders Hill Park section drawings.
• Childs Hill — shared flank walls, so Childs Hill party structure notices go out before work starts.
• Bridge Lane — terraced rear elevations — the Bridge Lane party wall position is drawn first.
• Golders Green Hippodrome — the surrounding edwardian villas takes its scale from it.
• Hampstead Heath — proposals in its setting are drawn with the Golders Green context elevation.
• The Garden Suburb School — proposals within its setting are drawn with the context elevation included.
• King Alfred School — nearby edwardian villas takes its scale from this frontage.
• Henrietta Barnett School — height and massing nearby are argued against this frontage.

Getting to a Golders Green survey

Surveyors travel to NW11 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are Golders Green, police station, bus station. Appointments are booked in Golders Green on weekdays and Saturdays, and the measured survey of a standard edwardian villas takes two to three hours.

Where Golders Green sits

Golders Green lies 5.6 miles (9 km) northwest of Charing Cross, on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ248876, inside the Finchley and Golders Green parliamentary constituency. The NW11 block plan is set out from that grid square. Source.

Practical detail for a Golders Green submission: the nearest stations are Golders Green and police station and bus station; the Golders Green post town is LONDON; dialling code 020; listed buildings around Golders Green include Grade II Historic England. Site plans are drawn to the address as Barnet Council holds it.

Golders Green postcode coverage

Surveys run across NW11 (Golders Green / Hampstead Garden Suburb), shared with Hampstead Garden Suburb throughout Barnet.

Streets and stations in Golders Green

Recent Golders Green jobs sit on Golders Hill Park, Childs Hill and Bridge Lane. most Golders Green sites are within walking distance of Golders Green or police station or bus station. and Grade II Historic England is listed, which pulls neighbouring NW11 proposals into a setting assessment.

Areas we cover around Golders Green

We take instructions from Stanmore (HA7), Harrow Weald (HA3), Kenton (HA3), Wealdstone (HA3), North Harrow (HA2), South Harrow (HA2) and everywhere between them and Golders Green.

The figure is agreed before the survey and does not move. Two Golders Green jobs differ in price because of the edwardian villas and the Hampstead Garden Suburb designation, never because of hours booked.

Statutory application fees are set by regulation, not by the council: £548 householder, £610 for a new dwelling, £274 for a lawful development certificate, £249 for prior approval.

That fee is collected by London Borough of Barnet when the NW11 application is lodged. London planning approval-rate dataset · Barnet planning · the London architectural drawings pillar page · architectural drawings in Stanmore.

Drawings for Golders Green are issued under MCIAT charter, which is the technical design and construction-detailing qualification rather than an RIBA registration. Where Hampstead Garden Suburb or a NW11 party wall complicates a Golders Green scheme, Barnet Council sees it early.

Drawings are produced by chartered members of the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (MCIAT), the professional body for technical design and building-regulations competence. First-time approval across our London caseload is 98%. Statutory fees shown are those in force in England in 2026 under the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) Regulations. Confirm your local authority at gov.uk and submission requirements on the Planning Portal. Studio: 71–75 Shelton Street, London WC2H 9JQ.

Give us the NW11 postcode and we will tell you which route applies. This Golders Green page was reviewed in August 2026.