Planning Permission in Fulham | Fixed-Fee Plans

An Article 4 Direction applies across Hammersmith and Fulham, so check it before assuming Fulham permitted development survives. The prevailing character of Fulham — Victorian bay-fronted terraces — sets what Hammersmith & Fulham Council will accept near Fulham Broadway and what it will resist. If your Fulham address is inside Fulham Palace Road, treat permitted development as reduced and plan for a full Hammersmith & Fulham Council application. We establish it for the SW6 address before any drawing begins.

The Fulham Article 4 position is established at survey, before design. The Fulham numbers come off the building: rear wall, levels, ridge against Fulham Broadway. The borough policy layer over every SW6 address is set out on Hammersmith and Fulham planning. The Fulham survey then carries into building regulations drawings in Fulham if the project runs on to construction.

Validation at London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is the first delay a Fulham applicant meets. The Fulham 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.

Most Fulham householder cases are decided under delegated powers, not committee. A Fulham pack that misses a scale bar is a pack London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham will reject — ours do not.

Neighbour comment is what shapes most Fulham decisions; policy rarely decides alone. We measure the SW6 property room by room, including ceiling heights and floor falls.

Serve SW6 party wall notices before work starts, not after. Once consent is granted, loft conversion drawings follows for the SW6 property.

Fulham is characterised by victorian terraces, mansion blocks, concentrated across SW6 in the Fulham / Parsons Green area. A Fulham scheme is designed around what the victorian terraces can actually carry. Where Fulham is concerned, most applications on these Victorian streets are householder applications validated on existing and proposed plans, elevations, a site plan and a location plan. In SW6 that determines the depth we can draw. Massing on a Fulham scheme is argued against the Fulham Broadway street rhythm.

Basement work at a Fulham address is judged on amenity, drainage and structure. If the SW6 job later needs house extension drawings for SW6 properties or architectural drawings, the existing drawings already carry the measurements.

What the Fulham drawing pack contains

For a SW6 address the deliverables are fixed, not open-ended.

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

Streets and landmarks we survey around Fulham

• King's Road — roof profiles that set the ridge datum Hammersmith & Fulham Council measures a King's Road dormer against.
• Parsons Green — roof profiles that set the ridge datum Hammersmith & Fulham Council measures a Parsons Green dormer against.
• North End Road — gardens deep enough for the 8 weeks householder route on a North End Road plot.
• Kensal Green — roof profiles that set the ridge datum Hammersmith & Fulham Council measures a Kensal Green dormer against.
• Fulham High Street — gardens deep enough for the 8 weeks householder route on a Fulham High Street plot.
• Walham Green — roof profiles that set the ridge datum Hammersmith & Fulham Council measures a Walham Green dormer against.
• Fulham Road — closet wings that change how a rear extension meets the Fulham Road back addition.
• Lillie Road — roof profiles that set the ridge datum Hammersmith & Fulham Council measures a Lillie Road dormer against.
• Fulham Broadway — massing on adjoining SW6 plots is tested against it.
• Brompton Cemetery — sightlines from here are part of the Hammersmith & Fulham Council character assessment.
• Eel Brook Common — sightlines from here are part of the Hammersmith & Fulham Council character assessment.
• Hammersmith Bridge — height and massing nearby are argued against this frontage.
• Fulham Cross Girls School — Hammersmith & Fulham Council weighs SW6 sightlines to it in the character assessment.

Getting to a Fulham survey

Surveyors travel to SW6 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are Lots Road Power Station, West Brompton station, Fulham Broadway Underground station, Parsons Green. Appointments are booked in Fulham on weekdays and Saturdays, and the measured survey of a standard victorian terraces takes two to three hours.

Where Fulham sits

Fulham lies 3.7 miles (6.0 km) southwest of Charing Cross, on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ245765, with the River Thames shaping drainage and flood-risk questions on lower-lying SW6 plots, inside the Chelsea and Fulham parliamentary constituency, and first recorded as a settlement in 691, which is why the older Fulham plots have irregular boundaries. Hammersmith & Fulham Council checks the Fulham location plan against that reference before registering it. Source.

Practical detail for a Fulham submission: residents use Lots Road Power Station and West Brompton station and Fulham Broadway Underground station and Parsons Green; correspondence uses LONDON; dialling code 0207; nearby listed fabric is Grade I Bishop of London and Grade II The Glass House, Fulham and Grade II Duke on the Green. Site plans are drawn to the address as Hammersmith & Fulham Council holds it.

Fulham postcode coverage

We draw SW6 (Fulham / Parsons Green), shared with Parsons Green, Sand's End addresses, and Hammersmith & Fulham Council validates each on the address itself.

Streets and stations in Fulham

Our SW6 caseload covers King's Road, Parsons Green, North End Road, Kensal Green, Fulham High Street, Walham Green, Fulham Road and Lillie Road. most Fulham sites are within walking distance of Lots Road Power Station or West Brompton station or Fulham Broadway Underground station. and Grade I Bishop of London, Grade II The Glass House, Fulham, Grade II Duke on the Green are listed, which pulls neighbouring SW6 proposals into a setting assessment.

Areas we cover around Fulham

We survey across Acton (W3), Hanwell (W7), West Ealing (W13), Southall (UB1, UB2), Greenford (UB6), Northolt (UB5) as well as Fulham itself, plus the Wandsworth side of the boundary.

What moves the number on a Fulham job is the victorian terraces itself — party walls, level changes, and whether Fulham Palace Road 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.

That charge is London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham's, taken when the Fulham application is lodged. London planning approval-rate dataset · Hammersmith and Fulham planning · planning permission in London · planning permission in Acton.

We are architectural technologists, MCIAT chartered, and every Fulham set carries that accountability. When a Fulham case could go either way we pay for Hammersmith & Fulham 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.

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