Architectural drawings in W13

Which postcode districts around W13 do we cover for drawing package work?

Every W13 postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a drawing package there. W13 fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not drawing package estimates.

How does a drawing package differ street by street across W13?

Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few W13 streets, and each one changes what a drawing package can achieve at that address.

• Inside W13: West Ealing (W13) — drawing package work in West Ealing means edwardian terraces. West Ealing is Edwardian terraces. Ealing Council decides the West Ealing application, and West Ealing station anchors the West Ealing location plan.
• Bordering W13: Ealing Broadway (W5) — drawing package work in Ealing Broadway means edwardian villas, victorian terraces. Ealing Broadway is Edwardian villas, Victorian terraces. Ealing Council decides the Ealing Broadway application, and Ealing Broadway station anchors the Ealing Broadway location plan.
• Bordering W13: Acton (W3) — Victorian and Edwardian terraces defines Acton, where victorian and edwardian terraces set what a drawing package can do. Any Acton drawing package is validated by Ealing Council, with Acton Town the usual Acton reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering W13: Hanwell (W7) — Edwardian villas, 1930s semi-detached defines Hanwell, where edwardian villas, 1930s semi-detached set what a drawing package can do. Any Hanwell drawing package is validated by Ealing Council, with Hanwell viaduct the usual Hanwell reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering W13: Southall (UB1, UB2) — drawing package work in Southall means edwardian terraces, post-war flats. Southall is Edwardian terraces, post-war estates. Ealing Council decides the Southall application, and Southall Broadway anchors the Southall location plan.
• Bordering W13: Greenford (UB6) — a drawing package in Greenford starts from 1930s semi-detached, and Greenford reads as 1930s semi-detached. in UB6. Ealing Council assesses Greenford architectural drawings against its own Greenford character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Greenford references Greenford station.
• Bordering W13: Northolt (UB5) — 1930s semi-detached, post-war estates defines Northolt, where 1930s semi-detached, post-war estates set what a drawing package can do. Any Northolt drawing package is validated by Ealing Council, with Northolt Tube the usual Northolt reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering W13: Bedford Park (W4) — drawing package work in Bedford Park means arts & crafts villas (listed). Bedford Park is Arts & Crafts garden suburb, conservation. Ealing Council decides the Bedford Park application, and Bedford Park Estate anchors the Bedford Park location plan.
• Bordering W13: Pitshanger (W5) — Edwardian conservation area defines Pitshanger, where edwardian villas set what a drawing package can do. Any Pitshanger drawing package is validated by Ealing Council, with Pitshanger Lane the usual Pitshanger reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering W13: Park Royal (NW10) — industrial fringe, new residential defines Park Royal, where modern apartments, post-war estates set what a drawing package can do. Any Park Royal drawing package is validated by Ealing Council, with Park Royal station the usual Park Royal reference point on the site plan.

What local planning policy applies to a drawing package in W13?

How designation changes a W13 (West Ealing) drawing package: Ealing Council maintains 30 conservation areas, including Ealing Broadway, Pitshanger, Bedford Park. Inside any of them a W13 (West Ealing) drawing package 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. Acton Green sets the tone for W13 (West Ealing) casework.

Article 4 and your W13 (West Ealing) drawing package: Article 4 for HMOs in specific streets in Acton, Ealing and Southall. At a W13 address that matters twice over, because Ealing Council applies the direction unevenly across W13 (West Ealing) — we read the W13 (West Ealing) policies map for the exact W13 address before quoting architectural drawings.

W13 (West Ealing) housing stock: 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. Read that before choosing a drawing package route in W13 (West Ealing) — construction, not postcode, sets what is achievable. Ealing Council charges £548 for a householder application and has 8 weeks to determine it.

What happens if a W13 property sits on a boundary?

• Hounslow — adjoining W13 (West Ealing), with 30 conservation areas centred on W3. A drawing package on the far side of the W13 (West Ealing) line is determined by Hounslow Council, so the W13 (West Ealing) quote for architectural drawings is checked against Hounslow guidance before it is issued.
• Hillingdon — adjoining W13 (West Ealing), with 29 conservation areas centred on HA4. A drawing package on the far side of the W13 (West Ealing) line is determined by Hillingdon Council, so the W13 (West Ealing) quote for architectural drawings is checked against Hillingdon guidance before it is issued.
• Brent — the Brent boundary runs against Ealing, so a drawing package a street from W13 (West Ealing) is decided by Brent Council instead. Brent runs 22 conservation areas across NW2 and its neighbours, which is why architectural drawings priced for W13 (West Ealing) are re-checked against Brent policy whenever the W13 (West Ealing) address sits on that edge.
• Hammersmith and Fulham — cross the W13 (West Ealing) boundary and Hammersmith & Fulham Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 45 conservation areas of its own around W6. We re-price architectural drawings at the W13 (West Ealing) edge because Hammersmith and Fulham policy and Ealing policy rarely align on drawing package depth.

Sources for this W13 drawing package 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.