Planning Permission in Bedford Park | Fixed-Fee Plans

An Article 4 Direction applies across Ealing, so check it before assuming Bedford Park permitted development survives. The prevailing character of Bedford Park — Arts & Crafts garden suburb, conservation — sets what Ealing Council will accept near Bedford Park Estate and what it will resist. Where a Bedford Park property sits inside Bedford Park or Acton Green — two of Ealing's 30 designations — permitted development narrows and a full Ealing Council submission is usually quicker. It is confirmed against London Borough of Ealing mapping for the Bedford Park plot.

We map how Article 4 directions bite across W4 before a line is drawn. What the Bedford Park building allows is established first; what Ealing Council allows, second. The borough policy layer over every W4 address is set out on Ealing planning. The Bedford Park survey then carries into house extension drawings in Bedford Park if the project runs on to construction.

Expect one to two weeks of London Borough of Ealing validation on a Bedford Park submission before the statutory period even begins. The Bedford Park 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.

London Borough of Ealing publishes the Bedford Park application online during consultation. The Bedford Park pack is validated against London Borough of Ealing requirements before submission.

Neighbour comment is what shapes most Bedford Park decisions; policy rarely decides alone. The Bedford Park survey includes the boundary line and neighbouring window positions.

Serve party wall notices early where W4 neighbours share a flank wall — on Bedford Park terraces they nearly always do. Once consent is granted, architectural drawings follows for the W4 property.

Bedford Park is characterised by arts & crafts villas (listed), concentrated across W4 in the Chiswick / Bedford Park area. The arts & crafts villas (listed) across Bedford Park decides how a scheme is built, not just how it looks. On the Bedford Park stock specifically: most applications on these Victorian streets are householder applications validated on existing and proposed plans, elevations, a site plan and a location plan. On Ealing stock it changes the party wall position. Because Bedford Park rows are consistent, the proposed elevation is drawn with neighbours on it.

Lower-ground schemes in Bedford Park answer to neighbours and groundwater. If the W4 job later needs building regulations drawings for W4 properties or loft conversion drawings, the existing drawings already carry the measurements.

What the Bedford Park drawing pack contains

• site location plan for the Bedford Park property
• block plan
• existing and proposed floor plans
• existing and proposed elevations
• Design & Access Statement

Streets and landmarks we survey around Bedford Park

• Turnham Green — terraced rear elevations — the Turnham Green party wall position is drawn first.
• Acton Green — front-to-back level changes that drive the Acton Green section drawings.
• Kirby Green — side returns where the 45-degree amenity test decides how far a Kirby Green extension goes.
• Bath Road — frontages visible from the highway, so Bedford Park materials detail governs the Bath Road elevation.
• Bedford Park Estate — proposals within its setting are drawn with the context elevation included.

Getting to a Bedford Park survey

Surveyors travel to W4 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are Turnham Green Station. Appointments are booked in Bedford Park on weekdays and Saturdays, and the measured survey of a standard arts & crafts villas (listed) takes two to three hours.

Where Bedford Park sits

Practical detail for a Bedford Park submission: the closest stations to a W4 site are Turnham Green Station; Grade II conservation area are listed and sit within the setting. Site plans are drawn to the address as Ealing Council holds it.

Bedford Park postcode coverage

From W4 (Chiswick / Bedford Park), shared with Chiswick, Turnham Green, the Bedford Park process is the same but the constraints are not.

Streets and stations in Bedford Park

Bedford Park addresses we have drawn run to Turnham Green, Acton Green, Kirby Green and Bath Road. most Bedford Park sites are within walking distance of Turnham Green Station. and Grade II conservation area is listed, which pulls neighbouring W4 proposals into a setting assessment.

Areas we cover around Bedford Park

Bedford Park sits in a patch that also takes in Barons Court (W14), Brackenbury Village (W6), Sand's End (SW6), Ealing Broadway (W5), Acton (W3), Hanwell (W7), and we work all of it as far as the Hillingdon boundary.

What changes a Bedford Park fee is the property: arts & crafts villas (listed) construction, shared walls on W4, 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.

None of the London Borough of Ealing statutory fee reaches us on a Bedford Park job. London planning approval-rate dataset · Ealing planning · Planning Permission London-wide · planning permission in Barons Court.

We are architectural technologists, MCIAT chartered, and every Bedford Park set carries that accountability. Not every Bedford Park scheme is clear-cut. Where Bedford Park or the Bedford Park Estate setting is in play, Ealing Council pre-application advice comes before the W4 submission.

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.

The first step for a Bedford Park owner is a measured survey, not a design. This Bedford Park page was reviewed in August 2026.