Loft Conversion Drawings in North Kensington | From £1,225

An Article 4 Direction applies across Kensington and Chelsea, so check it before assuming North Kensington permitted development survives. North Kensington presents as Victorian terraces, post-war estates, so massing and materials carry more weight in the RBKC Planning assessment than they would on an outer-London plot. A W10 property inside Chelsea loses part of its permitted development and generally goes to RBKC Planning in full. A North Kensington address on the edge of the boundary is checked, not guessed.

Article 4 coverage across W10 is confirmed before we quote, not after. A W10 survey answers most of it — where the victorian terraces allows the rear wall to go. The borough policy layer over every W10 address is set out on Kensington and Chelsea planning. The North Kensington survey then carries into building regulations drawings in North Kensington if the project runs on to construction.

Before RBKC Planning determines anything, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has to validate the North Kensington submission — one to two weeks, longer if a plan is missing. We start with a full laser survey of the North Kensington address so the existing set is dimensionally right before anything proposed is drawn.

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.

A North Kensington case only reaches committee if it draws significant objection. Drawings for North Kensington are supplied print-ready and in the format Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea accepts.

We design North Kensington schemes to answer the amenity objection before it is written. We photograph the North Kensington property alongside the measurements for the record.

Budget notice time on any North Kensington job touching a shared wall. Once consent is granted, house extension drawings follows for the W10 property.

North Kensington is characterised by victorian terraces, post-war estates, concentrated across W10 in the North Kensington / Ladbroke Grove area. The victorian terraces across North Kensington decides how a scheme is built, not just how it looks. Locally that resolves to this: the Victorian butterfly and double-pitched roofs on these streets normally clear the 2.2 m head height a dormer conversion needs once the ceiling joists are raised. That is drawn out in the North Kensington proposed section. Because the North Kensington streetscape near Golborne Road is consistent, departures in ridge height read immediately in an officer report.

North Kensington basement projects sit under that same rule: RBKC's basement policy (post-2015) limits to single-storey under 50% of garden area; double-storey basements effectively prohibited in residential streets. The North Kensington measured survey is reused across architectural drawings for W10 properties and planning permission, so the cost lands once.

What the North Kensington drawing pack contains

Each North Kensington instruction produces this set of drawings.

• existing roof plan and section for the North Kensington property
• proposed dormer elevations
• volume calculation sheet
• staircase and head-height sections
• structural steel layout

Local landmarks that shape a North Kensington application

• Notting Hill — closet wings that change how a rear extension meets the Notting Hill back addition.
• Kensal Green — terraced rear elevations — the Kensal Green party wall position is drawn first.
• Golborne Road — it anchors the North Kensington streetscape argument in an officer report.

Getting to a North Kensington survey

Surveyors travel to W10 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are Ladbroke Grove, St. Quintin Park and Wormwood Scrubs. Appointments are booked in North Kensington on weekdays and Saturdays, and the measured survey of a standard victorian terraces takes two to three hours.

Where North Kensington sits

on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ255795. Getting that wrong is the commonest reason a North Kensington submission is returned. Source.

Practical detail for a North Kensington submission: Ladbroke Grove and St. Quintin Park and Wormwood Scrubs cover the W10 area; the North Kensington post town is LONDON; dialling code 020. Site plans are drawn to the address as RBKC Planning holds it.

North Kensington postcode coverage

Districts covered around North Kensington: W10 (North Kensington / Ladbroke Grove), which North Kensington holds on its own.

Streets and stations in North Kensington

Typical North Kensington work sits on Notting Hill and Kensal Green. most North Kensington sites are within walking distance of Ladbroke Grove or St. Quintin Park and Wormwood Scrubs.

Areas we cover around North Kensington

Coverage from North Kensington extends to Paddington (W2), Victoria (SW1E, SW1W), Westbourne Green (W2, W9), Maida Vale (W9), Fulham (SW6), Hammersmith (W6) and into Brent.

The variables on a W10 job are structural: party walls, floor levels, and whether the Chelsea designation adds a heritage statement.

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 W10 addresses are payable to Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea on the day it is lodged. London planning approval-rate dataset · Kensington and Chelsea planning · our London loft conversion drawings service · loft conversion drawings in Paddington.

A chartered technologist surveys the North Kensington property and signs the drawings — the same person, start to finish. A tight North Kensington plot — Golborne Road in the setting, a shared flank wall on W10 — goes to RBKC Planning for advice before it goes to determination.

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.

Start with the free North Kensington survey — nothing is committed until you have the fee. This North Kensington page was reviewed in August 2026.