Planning Drawings · SW6 Fulham
Hammersmith & Fulham controls several SW6 conservation areas; Fulham's terraces are one of west London's busiest side-return and loft markets.
The borough-level guide to planning drawings in Hammersmith and Fulham sets out how the same work is handled across the rest of the authority.
Planning drawings for Fulham start by establishing whether your scheme is Permitted Development, needs a Lawful Development Certificate, or full planning from Hammersmith & Fulham Council. On SW6's victorian terraces — the classic fulham 'two-up, the recurring questions are roof additions, rear and side-return extensions, and alterations within Parsons Green, Peterborough Estate, Hurlingham, Munster. We draw existing and proposed plans, elevations and a site location plan to the council's validation checklist for Fulham, Parsons Green, Munster Village, Sands End.
Across Fulham, Parsons Green, Munster Village, Sands End in SW6, the dominant property is victorian terraces — the classic fulham 'two-up two-down' and larger bay-fronted houses — with mansion blocks and riverside new-build. That stock shapes what planning permission drawings looks like here: the right approach for a period terrace differs from a mansion-block flat or a new-build, and Hammersmith & Fulham Council judges each on design quality and neighbour impact. We survey the specific Fulham property, confirm the planning route — Permitted Development, a Lawful Development Certificate, or full planning — and draw a council-ready set tailored to the SW6 streetscape.
Housing stock in SW6: Victorian terraces — the classic Fulham 'two-up two-down' and larger bay-fronted houses — with mansion blocks and riverside new-build.
Within the district: Fulham, Parsons Green, Munster Village, Sands End.
Streets we know in SW6: the Peterborough Estate 'Lion houses', the Munster Village streets, Hurlingham Road and the Parsons Green terraces. Each road has its own building line, boundary treatment and precedent that Hammersmith & Fulham Council weighs when assessing a planning permission drawings scheme.
Conservation areas: Parsons Green, Peterborough Estate, Hurlingham, Munster. Inside these, most external work needs full planning and a Heritage Statement.
Getting around SW6: Parsons Green, Fulham Broadway and Putney Bridge on the District line, plus Imperial Wharf Overground.
Regeneration: Fulham falls within or beside the Fulham riverside / Imperial Wharf, which shapes local planning policy and design expectations.
Property values: around £650,000 for a flat and £1.3m-£2m for a house — a useful gauge of the build value an extension or loft adds in SW6.
Borough character: Suburban-feel residential streets with strong conservation area coverage; well-established mansard precedents on many terraces.
A chartered technologist visits and laser-measures every room. Typically 60–90 minutes on site.
Drafted in Revit or AutoCAD at 1:100 or 1:50. Fully annotated and council-ready.
Unlimited revisions until you approve. Shadow studies for committee-sensitive applications.
Site location plan, block plan, Design & Access Statement where required.
We lodge the application with Hammersmith & Fulham Council and pay statutory fees directly.
Every officer query, consultation response and amendment handled through to determination.
Single planning or building-regs submission.
Planning + building regs + structural.
Listed, conservation or complex sites.
Because SW6 is wall-to-wall Victorian terraces — the classic Fulham two-storey houses around Munster Village and the Peterborough Estate — ideal for side-return kitchen extensions, lower-ground digs and L-shaped loft dormers as families upsize in place. We've drawn hundreds of these to Hammersmith & Fulham's standards.
Often, outside the conservation areas — a side-return within depth limits and an L-shaped rear dormer within the volume allowance, confirmed by a Lawful Development Certificate. Inside Parsons Green, Hurlingham, Munster or the Peterborough Estate, full planning applies. We confirm which covers your road.
Often, yes. Many SW6 terraces gain a kitchen-diner by lowering and extending the lower-ground floor with a rear lightwell, subject to the council's basement policy and a structural and hydrology assessment. We draw the scheme and coordinate the engineer's calculations.
With SW6 houses around £1.3m-£2m, a well-designed side-return, loft or lower-ground extension adds floor area worth well above the build and drawing cost, and Fulham's demand keeps resale strong. Our fixed drawing fee keeps the professional cost predictable.
With Fulham property at around £650,000 for a flat and £1.3m-£2m for a house, the professional drawing fee is a small fraction of the value the work adds to SW6's victorian terraces — the classic fulham 'two-up. Hammersmith & Fulham 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 SW6 address.
For a SW6 project across Fulham, Parsons Green, Munster Village, Sands End, 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 Hammersmith & Fulham Council (8 weeks for a householder application). We carry the Fulham application through every officer query to the decision.
Fulham (SW6) sits primarily in Hammersmith and Fulham, so applications are decided by Hammersmith & Fulham Council. Conservation areas within SW6 include Parsons Green, Peterborough Estate, Hurlingham, Munster, 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 planning permission drawings in Fulham — 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 Hammersmith & Fulham Council Building Control or an approved inspector. On SW6'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. With Fulham (SW6) property at around £650, 000 for a flat and £1.3m-£2m for a house, a well-designed extension or loft typically returns more than it costs in added floor area and sale value. 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 SW6 homes.
Working across a borough boundary, or unsure which council will decide your application? Every service we offer is listed for W6, W12 and W14.
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Every SW6 postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a planning drawing set there. SW6 fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not planning drawing set estimates.
| Postcode | Area | Dominant stock | What it means for a planning drawing set |
|---|---|---|---|
| SW6 | Fulham / Parsons Green | Victorian terraces, mansion blocks | SW6 covers Fulham / Parsons Green only; Hammersmith & Fulham Council handles the planning drawing set. |
| SW6 | Fulham | Victorian terraces, mansion blocks | Fulham sits inside SW6; planning drawing set proposals here are determined by Hammersmith & Fulham Council. |
| SW6 | Parsons Green | Victorian terraces | Parsons Green sits inside SW6; planning drawing set proposals here are determined by Hammersmith & Fulham Council. |
| SW6 | Sand's End | Victorian terraces, new-build | Sand's End sits inside SW6; planning drawing set proposals here are determined by Hammersmith & Fulham Council. |
| W6 | Hammersmith / Brackenbury Village | Victorian terraces, mansion blocks | Adjoining district to SW6, also inside Hammersmith and Fulham for planning drawing set purposes. |
| W12 | Shepherd's Bush / White City | Victorian and Edwardian terraces | Adjoining district to SW6, also inside Hammersmith and Fulham for planning drawing set purposes. |
| W14 | West Kensington / Barons Court | Victorian and Edwardian villas | Adjoining district to SW6, also inside Hammersmith and Fulham for planning drawing set purposes. |
Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few SW6 streets, and each one changes what a planning drawing set can achieve at that address.
How designation changes a SW6 (Fulham / Parsons Green) planning drawing set: Hammersmith & Fulham Council maintains 45 conservation areas, including Walham Green, Hammersmith Grove, Brackenbury Village. Inside any of them a SW6 (Fulham / Parsons Green) planning drawing set cannot rely on permitted development, and the route becomes a £548 householder application determined in 8 weeks rather than a £249 prior approval in 6 weeks. Fulham Palace Road sets the tone for SW6 (Fulham / Parsons Green) casework.
Article 4 and your SW6 (Fulham / Parsons Green) planning drawing set: Article 4 removes PD for HMO conversions; restrictions on ground-floor shop-to-residential in certain streets. At a SW6 address that matters twice over, because Hammersmith & Fulham Council applies the direction unevenly across SW6 (Fulham / Parsons Green) — we read the SW6 (Fulham / Parsons Green) policies map for the exact SW6 address before quoting planning drawings.
What SW6 (Fulham / Parsons Green) is built from: Victorian and Edwardian terraces — particularly two-storey bay-fronted terraces south of the river in Fulham and Parsons Green; mansion blocks along main roads. Suburban-feel residential streets with strong conservation area coverage; well-established mansard precedents on many terraces. That mix decides the planning drawing set route in SW6 (Fulham / Parsons Green) more than the postcode does, and it is what a Hammersmith & Fulham Council case officer reads first. A householder application costs £548 paid to Hammersmith & Fulham Council direct, with 8 weeks to a decision once validated.
Sources for this SW6 planning drawing set 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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