Which postcode districts around W6 do we cover for drawing package work?
Every W6 postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates
it and the authority that validates a drawing package there. W6 fees below are the
statutory England rates for 2026, not drawing package estimates.
| Postcode | Area | Dominant stock | What it means for a drawing package |
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| W6 | Hammersmith / Brackenbury Village | Victorian terraces, mansion blocks | Hammersmith / Brackenbury Village sits wholly inside W6, so Hammersmith & Fulham Council validates every drawing package submitted from an W6 address. |
| W6 | Hammersmith | Victorian terraces, mansion blocks | Hammersmith sits inside W6; drawing package proposals here are determined by Hammersmith & Fulham Council. |
| W6 | Brackenbury Village | Victorian terraces | Brackenbury Village sits inside W6; drawing package proposals here are determined by Hammersmith & Fulham Council. |
| SW6 | Fulham / Parsons Green | Victorian terraces, mansion blocks | Adjoining district to W6, also inside Hammersmith and Fulham for drawing package purposes. |
| W12 | Shepherd's Bush / White City | Victorian and Edwardian terraces | Adjoining district to W6, also inside Hammersmith and Fulham for drawing package purposes. |
| W14 | West Kensington / Barons Court | Victorian and Edwardian villas | Adjoining district to W6, also inside Hammersmith and Fulham for drawing package purposes. |
What changes about a drawing package in each part of W6?
Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few W6
streets, and each one changes what a drawing package can achieve at that address.
- Inside W6: Hammersmith (W6) — Victorian terraces, riverside character defines Hammersmith, where victorian terraces, mansion blocks set what a drawing package can do. Any Hammersmith drawing package is validated by Hammersmith & Fulham Council, with Hammersmith Bridge the usual Hammersmith reference point on the site plan.
- Inside W6: Brackenbury Village (W6) — Victorian conservation area defines Brackenbury Village, where victorian terraces set what a drawing package can do. Any Brackenbury Village drawing package is validated by Hammersmith & Fulham Council, with Ravenscourt Park the usual Brackenbury Village reference point on the site plan.
- Bordering W6: Fulham (SW6) — a drawing package in Fulham starts from victorian terraces, mansion blocks, and Fulham reads as Victorian bay-fronted terraces. in SW6. Hammersmith & Fulham Council assesses Fulham architectural drawings against its own Fulham character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Fulham references Fulham Broadway.
- Bordering W6: Shepherd's Bush (W12) — a drawing package in Shepherd's Bush starts from victorian and edwardian terraces, and Shepherd's Bush reads as Victorian and Edwardian terraces. in W12. Hammersmith & Fulham Council assesses Shepherd's Bush architectural drawings against its own Shepherd's Bush character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Shepherd's Bush references Westfield London.
- Bordering W6: White City (W12) — drawing package work in White City means post-war estates, new-build. White City is regenerated quarter, post-war estates. Hammersmith & Fulham Council decides the White City application, and Television Centre anchors the White City location plan.
- Bordering W6: Parsons Green (SW6) — Victorian bay-fronted terraces around the green defines Parsons Green, where victorian terraces set what a drawing package can do. Any Parsons Green drawing package is validated by Hammersmith & Fulham Council, with Parsons Green park the usual Parsons Green reference point on the site plan.
- Bordering W6: Barons Court (W14) — a drawing package in Barons Court starts from edwardian mansion blocks, victorian terraces, and Barons Court reads as Edwardian mansion blocks, Victorian terraces. in W14. Hammersmith & Fulham Council assesses Barons Court architectural drawings against its own Barons Court character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Barons Court references Barons Court Tube.
- Bordering W6: Sand's End (SW6) — Victorian terraces, riverside regen defines Sand's End, where victorian terraces, new-build set what a drawing package can do. Any Sand's End drawing package is validated by Hammersmith & Fulham Council, with Imperial Wharf the usual Sand's End reference point on the site plan.
What local planning policy applies to a drawing package in W6?
W6 (Hammersmith / Brackenbury Village) conservation designations: there are 45 across Hammersmith & Fulham Council, Fulham Palace Road, Parsons Green, Walham Green among them. Designation costs a W6 (Hammersmith / Brackenbury Village) owner the permitted-development route: a drawing package then needs a £548 householder application over 8 weeks, in place of the £249 prior approval route that takes 6 weeks. Fulham Palace Road is the W6 (Hammersmith / Brackenbury Village) designation that most often changes a drawing package design.
Article 4 and your W6 (Hammersmith / Brackenbury Village) drawing package: Article 4 removes PD for HMO conversions; restrictions on ground-floor shop-to-residential in certain streets. At a W6 address that matters twice over, because Hammersmith & Fulham Council applies the direction unevenly across W6 (Hammersmith / Brackenbury Village) — we read the W6 (Hammersmith / Brackenbury Village) policies map for the exact W6 address before quoting architectural drawings.
The building fabric around W6 (Hammersmith / Brackenbury Village): 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. A drawing package in W6 (Hammersmith / Brackenbury Village) 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 Hammersmith & Fulham Council.
Which neighbouring authorities border W6?
- Wandsworth — cross the W6 (Hammersmith / Brackenbury Village) boundary and Wandsworth Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 45 conservation areas of its own around SW8. We re-price architectural drawings at the W6 (Hammersmith / Brackenbury Village) edge because Wandsworth policy and Hammersmith and Fulham policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
- Kensington and Chelsea — cross the W6 (Hammersmith / Brackenbury Village) boundary and RBKC Planning takes the drawing package instead, applying 38 conservation areas of its own around SW1. We re-price architectural drawings at the W6 (Hammersmith / Brackenbury Village) edge because Kensington and Chelsea policy and Hammersmith and Fulham policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
- Brent — cross the W6 (Hammersmith / Brackenbury Village) boundary and Brent Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 22 conservation areas of its own around NW2. We re-price architectural drawings at the W6 (Hammersmith / Brackenbury Village) edge because Brent policy and Hammersmith and Fulham policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
- Ealing — cross the W6 (Hammersmith / Brackenbury Village) boundary and Ealing Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 30 conservation areas of its own around W3. We re-price architectural drawings at the W6 (Hammersmith / Brackenbury Village) edge because Ealing policy and Hammersmith and Fulham policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
Sources for this W6 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.
