Measured Building Surveys in Ealing

Which postcode districts around Ealing do we cover for measured building survey work?

Every Ealing postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a measured building survey there. Ealing fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not measured building survey estimates.

What changes about a measured building survey in each part of Ealing?

Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few Ealing streets, and each one changes what a measured building survey can achieve at that address.

• Pitshanger (W5) — Edwardian conservation area defines Pitshanger, where edwardian villas set what a measured building survey can do. Edwardian back additions here are often out of plumb across W5. Any Pitshanger measured building survey is validated by Ealing Council, with Pitshanger Lane the usual Pitshanger reference point on the site plan.
• Park Royal (NW10) — industrial fringe, new residential defines Park Royal, where modern apartments, post-war estates set what a measured building survey can do. Post-war stock here can carry asbestos and non-standard construction across NW10. Any Park Royal measured building survey is validated by Ealing Council, with Park Royal station the usual Park Royal reference point on the site plan.
• Ealing Broadway (W5) — Edwardian villas, Victorian terraces defines Ealing Broadway, where edwardian villas, victorian terraces set what a measured building survey can do. Victorian terraces here have settled and bowed across W5. Any Ealing Broadway measured building survey is validated by Ealing Council, with Ealing Broadway station the usual Ealing Broadway reference point on the site plan.
• Acton (W3) — a measured building survey in Acton starts from victorian and edwardian terraces, and Acton reads as Victorian and Edwardian terraces. Victorian terraces here have settled and bowed in W3. Ealing Council assesses Acton measured building surveys against its own Acton character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Acton references Acton Town.
• Hanwell (W7) — measured building survey work in Hanwell means edwardian villas, 1930s semi-detached. Hanwell is Edwardian villas, 1930s semi-detached. Edwardian back additions here are often out of plumb throughout W7. Ealing Council decides the Hanwell application, and Hanwell viaduct anchors the Hanwell location plan.
• West Ealing (W13) — measured building survey work in West Ealing means edwardian terraces. West Ealing is Edwardian terraces. Edwardian back additions here are often out of plumb throughout W13. Ealing Council decides the West Ealing application, and West Ealing station anchors the West Ealing location plan.
• Southall (UB1, UB2) — measured building survey work in Southall means edwardian terraces, post-war flats. Southall is Edwardian terraces, post-war estates. Edwardian back additions here are often out of plumb throughout UB1. Ealing Council decides the Southall application, and Southall Broadway anchors the Southall location plan.

How do conservation areas and Article 4 affect a measured building survey in Ealing?

Conservation areas covering Ealing: Ealing Council runs 30, and Bedford Park, Acton Green, Hanwell are the ones Ealing owners meet most. A measured building survey inside a Ealing conservation area loses permitted development, so the Ealing submission is a householder application at £548 decided in 8 weeks — not a £249 prior approval decided in 6 weeks. In Hanwell a measured building survey is judged on the street elevation first.

Article 4 and your Ealing measured building survey: Article 4 for HMOs in specific streets in Acton, Ealing and Southall. At a W3 address that matters twice over, because Ealing Council applies the direction unevenly across Ealing — we read the Ealing policies map for the exact W3 address before quoting measured building surveys.

What Ealing is built from: Victorian and Edwardian villas in Ealing central; 1930s semi-detached in Northolt and Hanwell; mansion blocks along main roads; Bedford Park is a listed Arts & Crafts garden suburb. Leafy outer-west London; Bedford Park conservation area has strict heritage controls; rest of borough generally permissive. That mix decides the measured building survey route in Ealing more than the postcode does, and it is what a Ealing Council case officer reads first. A householder application costs £548 paid to Ealing Council direct, with 8 weeks to a decision once validated.

What happens if a Ealing property sits on a boundary?

• Hounslow — adjoining Ealing, with 30 conservation areas centred on W3. A measured building survey on the far side of the Ealing line is determined by Hounslow Council, so the Ealing quote for measured building surveys is checked against Hounslow guidance before it is issued.
• Hillingdon — adjoining Ealing, with 29 conservation areas centred on HA4. A measured building survey on the far side of the Ealing line is determined by Hillingdon Council, so the Ealing quote for measured building surveys is checked against Hillingdon guidance before it is issued.
• Brent — adjoining Ealing, with 22 conservation areas centred on NW2. A measured building survey on the far side of the Ealing line is determined by Brent Council, so the Ealing quote for measured building surveys is checked against Brent guidance before it is issued.
• Hammersmith and Fulham — the Hammersmith and Fulham boundary runs against Ealing, so a measured building survey a street from Ealing is decided by Hammersmith & Fulham Council instead. Hammersmith and Fulham runs 45 conservation areas across W6 and its neighbours, which is why measured building surveys priced for Ealing are re-checked against Hammersmith and Fulham policy whenever the Ealing address sits on that edge.

Sources for this Ealing measured building survey page: borough policies maps and conservation-area registers (2025–26), Royal Mail postcode district boundaries, the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) (England) Regulations, the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended, and the Party Wall etc. Act 1996.