Basement Conversions · SE10 Greenwich
SE10 includes the Greenwich Maritime World Heritage Site setting; Greenwich applies the strictest control near the park and West Greenwich.
If your property sits elsewhere in the borough, the borough-wide page for basement conversions in Greenwich covers the same service across every ward.
Basement conversions and lowering existing cellars in Greenwich add space without touching the roofline — valuable on SE10's period houses around Greenwich, West Greenwich, Maze Hill, Greenwich Peninsula. Greenwich Council reviews structural, drainage and flood-risk impact, and a Party Wall award plus a Thames Water build-over agreement are usually required. We coordinate the structural engineer and the waterproofing design.
Full architectural technology service for basement digs and cellar conversions in Greenwich — structural underpinning design, waterproofing strategy, Party Wall coordination, planning where required, and building regulations through to completion certificate.
Across Greenwich, West Greenwich, Maze Hill, Greenwich Peninsula in SE10, the dominant property is georgian and victorian terraces around greenwich town and the park, with riverside new-build on the peninsula and conservation-area houses on the hill. That stock shapes what basement conversion drawings looks like here: the right approach for a period terrace differs from a mansion-block flat or a new-build, and Greenwich Council judges each on design quality and neighbour impact. We survey the specific Greenwich property, confirm the planning route — Permitted Development, a Lawful Development Certificate, or full planning — and draw a council-ready set tailored to the SE10 streetscape.
Housing stock in SE10: Georgian and Victorian terraces around Greenwich town and the park, with riverside new-build on the Peninsula and conservation-area houses on the hill.
Within the district: Greenwich, West Greenwich, Maze Hill, Greenwich Peninsula.
Streets we know in SE10: the West Greenwich streets (Royal Hill, Gloucester Circus), the Maze Hill terraces and Croom's Hill. Each road has its own building line, boundary treatment and precedent that Greenwich Council weighs when assessing a basement conversion drawings scheme.
Conservation areas: Greenwich Park, West Greenwich, Ashburnham Triangle. Inside these, most external work needs full planning and a Heritage Statement.
Getting around SE10: Greenwich and Maze Hill rail and DLR, plus North Greenwich on the Jubilee line and the riverbus.
Regeneration: Greenwich falls within or beside the Greenwich Peninsula (one of Europe's largest regeneration schemes), which shapes local planning policy and design expectations.
Property values: around £450,000 for a flat and £850,000-£1.4m for a house — a useful gauge of the build value an extension or loft adds in SE10.
Borough character: World Heritage Site status in Greenwich town centre adds heritage weight; outer borough areas (Eltham, Thamesmead) generally permissive.
Desktop study plus measured survey assessing existing foundations, ground conditions, water table level and underpinning viability for your Greenwich property.
New-build basements and lightwell extensions need planning permission. Cellar conversions of existing space are usually Permitted Development. We confirm the route and submit where needed.
Underpinning sequence drawings, reinforced concrete design, temporary works strategy — all to Eurocode with chartered engineer sign-off.
BS 8102:2022 compliant — cavity drain, cementitious tanking or membrane system specified for Greenwich's ground conditions and water table.
Full Plans application to Greenwich Council Building Control or an approved inspector covering structure (Part A), fire safety (Part B), damp-proofing (Part C), ventilation (Part F) and thermal performance (Part L).
Almost every Greenwich basement triggers Party Wall notices. We also manage Thames Water Build Over Agreements where within 3m of a public sewer.
Single planning or building-regs submission.
Planning + building regs + structural.
Listed, conservation or complex sites.
Heavily. West Greenwich and the area around Greenwich Park sit within the setting of the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site, with conservation areas and many listed houses, so external changes need full planning, often Listed Building Consent, with detailed heritage scrutiny. We design to that standard and produce the documentation required.
Yes, but most of these streets are in conservation areas, so rear and side extensions and any roof change need full planning with a Heritage Statement rather than Permitted Development. We design to match the Georgian and Victorian detailing and submit to Greenwich, carrying the application through officer queries.
The Peninsula is one of Europe's largest regeneration schemes — thousands of homes around the O2 and North Greenwich — lifting values across SE10. For a conservation-area house project, though, the binding controls remain the World Heritage setting and the local designation, which we work within.
The Ashburnham Triangle is a conservation area of attractive Victorian terraces where side-return and rear extensions are common but assessed on materials and form. We design sympathetically and submit a full application with a Heritage Statement, handling the planning and Building Regulations drawings together.
With Greenwich property at around £450,000 for a flat and £850,000-£1.4m for a house, the professional drawing fee is a small fraction of the value the work adds to SE10's georgian and victorian terraces around greenwich town. Greenwich Council charges its own statutory application fee on top (currently £548 for a householder planning application, £610 for a full application). We quote the drawings as one fixed price and the free site survey covers every SE10 address.
For a SE10 project across Greenwich, West Greenwich, Maze Hill, Greenwich Peninsula, expect roughly 3–4 weeks from instruction to submission: week 1 the measured survey, weeks 2–3 the drawings and your revisions, then validation and the statutory determination by Greenwich Council (8 weeks for a householder application). We carry the Greenwich application through every officer query to the decision.
Greenwich (SE10) sits primarily in Greenwich, so applications are decided by Greenwich Council. Conservation areas within SE10 include Greenwich Park, West Greenwich, Ashburnham Triangle, where full planning and a Heritage Statement are required. We confirm the planning route for your exact address before quoting.
Almost always. Any structural work behind basement conversion drawings in Greenwich — new openings, steel beams, loft floors, foundations — needs Building Regulations approval covering structure (Part A), fire escape (Part B) and insulation (Part L), submitted to Greenwich Council Building Control or an approved inspector. On SE10's typically terraced and semi-detached stock, a Party Wall notice to adjoining neighbours is normally required before the steelwork. We coordinate both as part of the Complete package.
In value terms, yes. The bigger risk is an unapproved or non-compliant scheme — which is why council-ready drawings and a clean Building Control sign-off matter on SE10 homes.
Householders often approach us after a neighbour used a different council. Our full range is set out for SE3 and SE9.
Pick a slot that suits you. No obligation and no sales pressure, just straight answers on your planning route.
Every SE10 postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a basement conversion there. SE10 fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not basement conversion estimates.
| Postcode | Area | Dominant stock | What it means for a basement conversion |
|---|---|---|---|
| SE10 | Greenwich | Georgian terraces, listed buildings | A basement conversion at an SE10 address in Greenwich is determined by Greenwich Council under its own Local Plan policies for Greenwich. |
| SE2 | Abbey Wood | mixed stock | Adjoining district to SE10, also inside Greenwich for basement conversion purposes. |
| SE3 | Blackheath / Kidbrooke | Georgian villas, Victorian terraces | Adjoining district to SE10, also inside Greenwich for basement conversion purposes. |
| SE7 | Charlton | Victorian villas, 1930s semi-detached | Adjoining district to SE10, also inside Greenwich for basement conversion purposes. |
| SE9 | Eltham / Mottingham | 1930s semi-detached, post-war flats | Adjoining district to SE10, also inside Greenwich for basement conversion purposes. |
Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few SE10 streets, and each one changes what a basement conversion can achieve at that address.
Conservation areas covering SE10 (Greenwich): Greenwich Council runs 20, and Greenwich Town Centre (World Heritage Site), Blackheath, Charlton are the ones SE10 (Greenwich) owners meet most. A basement conversion inside a SE10 (Greenwich) conservation area loses permitted development, so the SE10 (Greenwich) submission is a householder application at £548 decided in 8 weeks — not a £249 prior approval decided in 6 weeks. In Greenwich Town Centre (World Heritage Site) a basement conversion is judged on the street elevation first.
Article 4 and your SE10 (Greenwich) basement conversion: Greenwich Council has made no borough-wide direction, so permitted development for a basement conversion in SE10 (Greenwich) generally survives outside SE10 (Greenwich) conservation areas and listed curtilages. A Lawful Development Certificate at £274 is how a SE10 owner records that a basement conversion was lawful.
The building fabric around SE10 (Greenwich): Georgian in Greenwich town centre; Victorian terraces in East Greenwich, Charlton; inter-war semi-detached in Eltham; new-build along the riverside. World Heritage Site status in Greenwich town centre adds heritage weight; outer borough areas (Eltham, Thamesmead) generally permissive. A basement conversion in SE10 (Greenwich) is scoped against that stock first, because it decides whether the scheme runs as permitted development, a £274 Lawful Development Certificate, or a full £548 application to Greenwich Council.
Sources for this SE10 basement conversion 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.
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