Building Regulations Drawings in Kew |

No Article 4 Direction covers Richmond upon Thames, which keeps the Kew permitted-development route open on unlisted houses. Because Kew is Georgian and Edwardian villas around the green, the officer's assessment leans on streetscape impact around Kew Green as much as on the numbers. Inside the Hampton Wick boundary — one of 72 such designations in Richmond upon Thames — a Kew scheme normally goes straight to a full Richmond Council application rather than relying on permitted development. Every Kew enquiry starts with that check.

We map how Article 4 directions bite across TW9 before a line is drawn. What can be built on a Kew plot is decided by the georgian and edwardian villas — the original rear wall position first, the Kew Green roofline second. The borough policy layer over every TW9 address is set out on Richmond upon Thames planning. The Kew survey then carries into planning permission in Kew if the project runs on to construction.

A Kew application is not live until London Borough of Richmond upon Thames validates it, which takes one to two weeks on a complete pack. Week one is a laser measured survey at your Kew property; the existing plans are drawn from that survey, never from an estate agent's floorplan.

Statutory periods: 8 weeks from validation for a householder application, 13 weeks for a major scheme, 6 weeks for prior approval with a 21 days neighbour consultation, and 5 weeks for a full plans building control submission. A party structure notice requires one month notice and two months where excavation is involved.

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames publishes the Kew application online during consultation. A Kew pack that misses a scale bar is a pack London Borough of Richmond upon Thames will reject — ours do not.

Speaking to TW9 neighbours before submission avoids most of it. We photograph the Kew property alongside the measurements for the record.

Party wall procedure catches most TW9 owners late; on Kew stock assume it applies and serve in good time. Once consent is granted, loft conversion drawings follows for the TW9 property.

Kew is characterised by georgian and edwardian villas, concentrated across TW9 in the Richmond / Kew area. Every Kew scheme starts from what is actually there: georgian and edwardian villas, surveyed to the millimetre before a proposal is drawn. On the ground in Kew, georgian solid walls here cannot take standard cavity detailing, so Part L compliance is normally argued on a fabric-first basis with internal insulation and a condensation risk analysis. It is the first thing checked at the Kew survey. Ridge and eaves lines along Kew streets are the reference Richmond Council uses.

No borough-specific basement policy applies in Richmond upon Thames, so subterranean work at a Kew address is judged on amenity, drainage and structural grounds. One Kew survey serves house extension drawings for TW9 properties and architectural drawings too; we do not re-measure a TW9 property for each submission.

What the Kew drawing pack contains

What we hand over for a Kew property:

• construction floor plans for the Kew property
• sections at 1:50
• Part A structural notes
• Part L thermal build-ups
• Part B fire and escape strategy

Local landmarks that shape a Kew application

• Wakehurst Place — frontages visible from the highway, so Hampton Wick materials detail governs the Wakehurst Place elevation.
• Kew Gardens — frontages visible from the highway, so Hampton Wick materials detail governs the Kew Gardens elevation.
• Kew Green — terraced rear elevations — the Kew Green party wall position is drawn first.
• Kew Green — it anchors the Kew streetscape argument in an officer report.
• Kew Gardens — height and massing nearby are argued against this frontage.
• St George's Hospital — height and massing nearby are argued against this frontage.
• Arthur Herbert Church — proposals in its setting are drawn with the Kew context elevation.
• Kew Bridge — a Kew roof extension is judged against the datum it sets.
• British Library — the surrounding georgian and edwardian villas takes its scale from it.

Getting to a Kew survey

Surveyors travel to TW9 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are Kew Gardens station (London), File:Kew Gardens station building.jpg, Richmond station (London), Willesden Junction station. Appointments are booked in Kew on weekdays and Saturdays, and the measured survey of a standard georgian and edwardian villas takes two to three hours.

Where Kew sits

on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ195775, with the River Thames shaping drainage and flood-risk questions on lower-lying TW9 plots. We plot the Kew site from that reference rather than from a sale plan. Source.

Practical detail for a Kew submission: Kew Gardens station (London) and File:Kew Gardens station building.jpg and Richmond station (London) and Willesden Junction station put Kew within easy reach; correspondence uses RICHMOND; dialling code 020; nearby listed fabric is Grade II* Johan Zoffany. Site plans are drawn to the address as Richmond Council holds it.

Kew postcode coverage

Across TW9 (Richmond / Kew), shared with Richmond the survey is the same; the Richmond upon Thames policy overlay is not, and Richmond Council validates on the address.

Streets and stations in Kew

Around Kew that means Wakehurst Place, Kew Gardens and Kew Green. most Kew sites are within walking distance of Kew Gardens station (London) or File:Kew Gardens station building.jpg or Richmond station (London). and Grade II* Johan Zoffany is listed, which pulls neighbouring TW9 proposals into a setting assessment.

Areas we cover around Kew

Our patch runs Chessington (KT9), Tolworth (KT5, KT6), Norbiton (KT2), Coombe (KT2, KT3), Clapham Junction (SW11), Battersea (SW8, SW11), with Kew at its centre.

What changes a Kew fee is the property: georgian and edwardian villas construction, shared walls on TW9, and whether heritage input is needed.

Statutory application fees are set by regulation, not by the council: £548 householder, £610 for a new dwelling, £274 for a lawful development certificate, £249 for prior approval.

Statutory fees for TW9 addresses are payable to London Borough of Richmond upon Thames on the day it is lodged. London planning approval-rate dataset · Richmond upon Thames planning · building regulations drawings across London · building regulations drawings in Chessington.

Kew work is issued under MCIAT charter, the technical-design and building-regulations qualification. When a Kew case could go either way we pay for Richmond Council pre-application advice rather than test it live.

Drawings are produced by chartered members of the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (MCIAT), the professional body for technical design and building-regulations competence. First-time approval across our London caseload is 98%. Statutory fees shown are those in force in England in 2026 under the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) Regulations. Confirm your local authority at gov.uk and submission requirements on the Planning Portal. Studio: 71–75 Shelton Street, London WC2H 9JQ.

We survey Kew properties within a few days of instruction. This Kew page was reviewed in August 2026.