Loft Conversion Drawings in Southall | From £1,225

An Article 4 Direction applies across Ealing, so check it before assuming Southall permitted development survives. The prevailing character of Southall — Edwardian terraces, post-war estates — sets what Ealing Council will accept near Southall Broadway and what it will resist. Ealing carries 30 conservation areas; if the UB1 address falls in Bedford Park or Acton Green, expect the permitted-development route to close and a full Ealing Council application to be the faster answer. The designation map is read street by street in Southall.

Before drawing anything for Southall, we check Article 4 directions against the UB1 boundary. On Southall plots the original rear wall and the Southall Broadway ridge line set the envelope. The borough policy layer over every UB1, UB2 address is set out on Ealing planning. The Southall survey then carries into building regulations drawings in Southall if the project runs on to construction.

The UB1, UB2 bottleneck is validation. London Borough of Ealing needs one to two weeks, and a missing drawing resets it. The Southall survey comes first, because a proposal drawn on wrong existing plans fails validation later.

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.

An officer report on the UB1 case is written after the consultation closes. Every Southall submission leaves here as a PDF set at the scales Ealing Council requires.

The Southall consultation period is where a weak scheme is exposed. Party wall positions on a Southall terrace are located during the survey.

Budget notice time on any Southall job touching a shared wall. Once consent is granted, house extension drawings follows for the UB1 property.

Southall is characterised by edwardian terraces, post-war flats, concentrated across UB1, UB2 in the Southall North area. Southall is not uniform, but the edwardian terraces recurs often enough across UB1, UB2 that the structural pattern is predictable once measured. On UB1 plots specifically, edwardian roofs run deeper front-to-back, so an L-shaped dormer over the back addition usually yields a second bedroom as well as the shower room. That detail drives the UB1 construction sequence. Height on a Southall proposal is measured against its neighbours, not against a policy number; the Southall Broadway terraces set that datum.

Going down in Southall is assessed on ordinary grounds — UB1 ground conditions and drainage do more to shape the scheme than policy does. A Southall survey done once feeds architectural drawings for UB1 properties and planning permission later.

What the Southall drawing pack contains

For a UB1, UB2 address the deliverables are fixed, not open-ended.

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

Streets and landmarks we survey around Southall

• High Street — side returns where the 45-degree amenity test decides how far a High Street extension goes.
• Stewarts Lane — front-to-back level changes that drive the Stewarts Lane section drawings.
• Uxbridge Road — frontages visible from the highway, so Bedford Park materials detail governs the Uxbridge Road elevation.
• Norwood Green — gardens deep enough for the 8 weeks householder route on a Norwood Green plot.
• Southall Broadway — sightlines from here are part of the Ealing Council character assessment.
• Greenford High School — Ealing Council weighs UB1 sightlines to it in the character assessment.
• Ealing Hospital — Ealing Council weighs UB1 sightlines to it in the character assessment.
• Featherstone High School — massing on adjoining UB1 plots is tested against it.
• Villiers High School — proposals in its setting are drawn with the Southall context elevation.

Getting to a Southall survey

Surveyors travel to UB1 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are Southall, Swansea, Reading, Oxford. Appointments are booked in Southall on weekdays and Saturdays, and the measured survey of a standard edwardian terraces takes two to three hours.

Where Southall sits

on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ125805, with the Grand Union Canal shaping drainage and flood-risk questions on lower-lying UB1 plots, inside the Ealing Southall parliamentary constituency. We draw the Southall location and block plans from that reference, which is what Ealing Council validates against. Source.

Practical detail for a Southall submission: access is via Southall and Swansea and Reading and Oxford; addresses are written to SOUTHALL; dialling code 020; heritage assets close by include Grade II* Tudor style architecture. Site plans are drawn to the address as Ealing Council holds it.

Southall postcode coverage

Our Southall coverage takes in UB1 (Southall North), which Southall holds on its own; UB2 (Southall South), which Southall holds on its own.

Streets and stations in Southall

High Street, Stewarts Lane, Uxbridge Road and Norwood Green are typical of the Southall streets we draw. most Southall sites are within walking distance of Southall or Swansea or Reading. and Grade II* Tudor style architecture is listed, which pulls neighbouring UB1 proposals into a setting assessment.

Areas we cover around Southall

Work spreads across Hanworth (TW13), Turnham Green (W4), Uxbridge (UB8), Ruislip (HA4), Northwood (HA6), Hayes (UB3, UB4) as well as Southall itself.

What moves the number on a Southall job is the edwardian terraces itself — party walls, level changes, and whether Bedford Park pulls a heritage statement into scope.

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.

The statutory element is payable to London Borough of Ealing, not to us. London planning approval-rate dataset · Ealing planning · our London loft conversion drawings service · loft conversion drawings in Hanworth.

An MCIAT chartered technologist owns the Southall project from survey to decision. Borderline Southall sites (anything overlooking Southall Broadway, anything with a Bedford Park frontage) go to Ealing Council for pre-application advice before we submit.

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.

Give us the UB1 postcode and we will tell you which route applies. This Southall page was reviewed in August 2026.