Architectural Drawings in White City | Fixed-Fee Plans

An Article 4 Direction applies across Hammersmith and Fulham, so check it before assuming White City permitted development survives. The fabric of White City is regenerated quarter, post-war estates, so a W12 proposal is judged on fit before it is judged on size. If your White City address is inside Fulham Palace Road, treat permitted development as reduced and plan for a full Hammersmith & Fulham Council application. We establish it for the W12 address before any drawing begins.

Knowing how Article 4 directions apply to your W12 address is the first thing we establish. What can be built on a White City plot is decided by the post-war estates — the original rear wall position first, the Television Centre roofline second. The borough policy layer over every W12 address is set out on Hammersmith and Fulham planning. The White City survey then carries into planning permission in White City if the project runs on to construction.

Validation alone costs London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham one to two weeks even when the White City pack is complete, and that queue — not the determination — is where most W12 delay starts. No White City design work starts until the measured survey is complete.

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.

Officer queries on a White City application come to us, not to you. The White City pack is validated against London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham requirements before submission.

Speaking to W12 neighbours before submission avoids most of it. We measure the W12 property room by room, including ceiling heights and floor falls.

Party wall procedure catches most W12 owners late; on White City stock assume it applies and serve in good time. Once consent is granted, building regulations drawings follows for the W12 property.

White City is characterised by post-war estates, new-build, concentrated across W12 in the Shepherd's Bush / White City area. A White City scheme is designed around what the post-war estates can actually carry. Locally that resolves to this: post-war stock here can carry asbestos and non-standard construction, both recorded on the survey. That is the White City constraint Hammersmith & Fulham Council will look for. Hammersmith & Fulham Council reads a White City elevation against its neighbours first.

Digging under a White City house is a structural question before a planning one. The White City measured survey is reused across loft conversion drawings for W12 properties and house extension drawings, so the cost lands once.

What the White City drawing pack contains

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

Local landmarks that shape a White City application

• Loftus Road — closet wings that change how a rear extension meets the Loftus Road back addition.
• White City Place — closet wings that change how a rear extension meets the White City Place back addition.
• Television Centre — proposals in its setting are drawn with the White City context elevation.
• Ark Burlington Danes Academy — proposals in its setting are drawn with the White City context elevation.

Getting to a White City survey

Surveyors travel to W12 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are Wood Lane, White City, Shepherd's Bush. Appointments are booked in White City on weekdays and Saturdays, and the measured survey of a standard post-war estates takes two to three hours.

Where White City sits

White City lies 5 miles (8 km) west-northwest of Charing Cross, on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ233807. We plot the White City site from that reference rather than from a sale plan. Source.

Practical detail for a White City submission: local stations are Wood Lane and White City and Shepherd's Bush; Royal Mail routes it as LONDON; dialling code 020. Site plans are drawn to the address as Hammersmith & Fulham Council holds it.

White City postcode coverage

Across W12 (Shepherd's Bush / White City), shared with Shepherd's Bush the survey is the same; the Hammersmith and Fulham policy overlay is not, and Hammersmith & Fulham Council validates on the address.

Streets and stations in White City

White City instructions come from Loftus Road and White City Place among others. most White City sites are within walking distance of Wood Lane or White City or Shepherd's Bush.

Areas we cover around White City

Roehampton (SW15), Fulham (SW6), Hammersmith (W6), Shepherd's Bush (W12), Parsons Green (SW6), Barons Court (W14) are all within the same Hammersmith and Fulham policy area as White City.

What moves the number on a White City job is the post-war estates itself — party walls, level changes, and whether Fulham Palace Road pulls a heritage statement into scope.

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.

The statutory charge on a White City application goes to London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham at submission. London planning approval-rate dataset · Hammersmith and Fulham planning · architectural drawings across London · architectural drawings in Roehampton.

The technologist who surveys your White City property signs the drawings. When a White City case could go either way we pay for Hammersmith & Fulham Council pre-application advice rather than test it live.

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.

We can usually confirm the White City planning route from the address alone. This White City page was reviewed in August 2026.