Loft Conversion Drawings in Teddington | From £1,225

No Article 4 Direction covers Richmond upon Thames, which keeps the Teddington permitted-development route open on unlisted houses. Officers see Teddington as Edwardian villas, Victorian terraces — design that ignores it struggles. Richmond upon Thames has 72 conservation areas, and Kew Green is the one that most often covers Teddington stock. Designation status for the TW11 address is established first.

That check — Article 4 directions against the Teddington property — happens on day one. The Teddington numbers come off the building: rear wall, levels, ridge against Teddington Lock. The borough policy layer over every TW11 address is set out on Richmond upon Thames planning. The Teddington survey then carries into architectural drawings in Teddington if the project runs on to construction.

The Teddington clock does not start until London Borough of Richmond upon Thames validates — one to two weeks. Week one is a laser measured survey at your Teddington 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.

After validation a Teddington application is allocated to an officer, who will visit the TW11 address. Every Teddington submission leaves here as a PDF set at the scales Richmond Council requires.

Objections on a Teddington case usually come from the immediate neighbours, not the wider TW11 area. Everything drawn for a TW11 address traces back to a measurement taken on site.

Most Teddington terraces share a flank wall, so party wall notices apply. Once consent is granted, planning permission follows for the TW11 property.

Teddington is characterised by edwardian villas, victorian terraces, concentrated across TW11 in the Teddington area. The edwardian villas is the constraint that shapes most Teddington projects, long before policy enters the picture. 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 detail drives the TW11 construction sequence. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames officers compare a TW11 scheme to the block it sits in, not to a policy number.

Subterranean TW11 work needs a structural case as much as a planning one. We do not re-measure a TW11 property for each stage of the job.

What the Teddington drawing pack contains

Each Teddington instruction produces this set of drawings.

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

Streets and landmarks we survey around Teddington

• Strawberry Hill — closet wings that change how a rear extension meets the Strawberry Hill back addition.
• Bushy Park — side returns where the 45-degree amenity test decides how far a Bushy Park extension goes.
• Hampton Hill — frontages visible from the highway, so Kew Green materials detail governs the Hampton Hill elevation.
• Benny Hill — terraced rear elevations — the Benny Hill party wall position is drawn first.
• Teddington Lock — schemes in view of it attract closer officer scrutiny.
• Teddington School — proposals in its setting are drawn with the Teddington context elevation.
• Teddington Baptist Church — it anchors the Teddington streetscape argument in an officer report.
• Teddington Methodist Church — Richmond Council weighs TW11 sightlines to it in the character assessment.
• Teddington Cemetery — schemes in view of it attract closer officer scrutiny.

Getting to a Teddington survey

Surveyors travel to TW11 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are Teddington, Teddington Lifeboat Station, File:Teddington Station.jpg, Hampton Wick. Appointments are booked in Teddington on weekdays and Saturdays, and the measured survey of a standard edwardian villas takes two to three hours.

Where Teddington sits

on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ159708, with the River Thames shaping drainage and flood-risk questions on lower-lying TW11 plots. A TW11 submission is checked against exactly that location before Richmond Council will register it. Source.

Practical detail for a Teddington submission: the nearest stations are Teddington and Teddington Lifeboat Station and File:Teddington Station.jpg and Hampton Wick; the postal town here is TEDDINGTON; dialling code 020. Site plans are drawn to the address as Richmond Council holds it.

Teddington postcode coverage

Surveys run across TW11 (Teddington), which Teddington holds on its own throughout Richmond upon Thames.

Streets and stations in Teddington

Recent Teddington jobs sit on Strawberry Hill, Bushy Park, Hampton Hill and Benny Hill. most Teddington sites are within walking distance of Teddington or Teddington Lifeboat Station or File:Teddington Station.jpg.

Areas we cover around Teddington

We take instructions from Shepherd's Bush (W12), White City (W12), Parsons Green (SW6), Barons Court (W14), Brackenbury Village (W6), Sand's End (SW6) and everywhere between them and Teddington.

The variables on a TW11 job are structural: party walls, floor levels, and whether the Kew Green 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.

On a Teddington submission the statutory element is London Borough of Richmond upon Thames's, not ours. London planning approval-rate dataset · Richmond upon Thames planning · loft conversion drawings in London · loft conversion drawings in Shepherd's Bush.

A chartered technologist surveys the Teddington property and signs the drawings — the same person, start to finish. Where Kew Green or a TW11 party wall complicates a Teddington scheme, Richmond Council sees it early.

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.

Book the Teddington survey and the drawings follow within the agreed programme. This Teddington page was reviewed in August 2026.