Planning Permission in Paddington | Fixed-Fee Plans

An Article 4 Direction applies across Westminster, so check it before assuming Paddington permitted development survives. Being Regency and Victorian terraces, canal-side regen, Paddington rewards schemes that sit quietly beside Paddington Basin. A Paddington address in Soho or Covent Garden loses part of its permitted development, so we usually take the W2 scheme to Westminster City Council as a full application from the outset. Conservation status is checked against the Paddington address before design.

We check Article 4 directions against the Paddington address first — it changes what is worth drawing. Rear wall, floor levels and the Paddington Basin roofline are the three Paddington constraints. The borough policy layer over every W2 address is set out on Westminster planning. The Paddington survey then carries into architectural drawings in Paddington if the project runs on to construction.

An incomplete Paddington pack sits in the City of Westminster validation queue. The first thing we do in Paddington is measure — every room, every level change.

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.

Expect a site visit to the Paddington property during the consultation period. The set is checked against the City of Westminster validation list before it goes in.

Most Paddington refusals trace back to overlooking, not to size. A Paddington measured survey captures the roof structure as well as the plan.

On Paddington terraces the flank wall is usually shared, so the party wall notice should go out well before work starts. Once consent is granted, building regulations drawings follows for the W2 property.

Paddington is characterised by regency terraces, modern apartments, concentrated across W2 in the Bayswater / Paddington area. A Paddington scheme is designed around what the regency terraces can actually carry. Where Paddington is concerned, modern housing here is usually condition-bound, so the application is often a variation of condition rather than a fresh householder application. We resolve it before the Paddington design is fixed. Case officers at Westminster City Council look first at whether a W2 scheme keeps the eaves and ridge line of the Paddington row.

A W2 dig turns on engineering more than on policy. A Paddington survey done once feeds loft conversion drawings for W2 properties and house extension drawings later.

What the Paddington drawing pack contains

For a W2 address the deliverables are fixed, not open-ended.

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

Streets and landmarks we survey around Paddington

• Maida Vale — shared flank walls, so Maida Vale party structure notices go out before work starts.
• Edgware Road — terraced rear elevations — the Edgware Road party wall position is drawn first.
• Watling Street — terraced rear elevations — the Watling Street party wall position is drawn first.
• Harrow Road — terraced rear elevations — the Harrow Road party wall position is drawn first.
• Uxbridge Road — shared flank walls, so Uxbridge Road party structure notices go out before work starts.
• New Road — roof profiles that set the ridge datum Westminster City Council measures a New Road dormer against.
• Bayswater Road — frontages visible from the highway, so Soho materials detail governs the Bayswater Road elevation.
• Westbourne Terrace — shared flank walls, so Westbourne Terrace party structure notices go out before work starts.
• Paddington Basin — it anchors the Paddington streetscape argument in an officer report.
• St Mary's Hospital — proposals within its setting are drawn with the context elevation included.
• The Rolling Bridge — schemes visible from it get closer scrutiny in Westminster.
• Bishop's Bridge — Westminster City Council weighs W2 sightlines to it in the character assessment.

Getting to a Paddington survey

Surveyors travel to W2 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are London Paddington station, Paddington Green Police Station, File:Paddington Station.jpg, Paddington. Appointments are booked in Paddington on weekdays and Saturdays, and the measured survey of a standard regency terraces takes two to three hours.

Where Paddington sits

on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ267814. City of Westminster validates the W2 address against exactly that position. Source.

Practical detail for a Paddington submission: surveyors travel in through London Paddington station and Paddington Green Police Station and File:Paddington Station.jpg and Paddington; addresses are written to LONDON; dialling code 020. Site plans are drawn to the address as Westminster City Council holds it.

Paddington postcode coverage

Surveys run across W2 (Bayswater / Paddington), shared with Bayswater, Westbourne Green throughout Westminster.

Streets and stations in Paddington

Recent Paddington jobs sit on Maida Vale, Edgware Road, Watling Street, Harrow Road, Uxbridge Road, New Road, Bayswater Road and Westbourne Terrace. most Paddington sites are within walking distance of London Paddington station or Paddington Green Police Station or File:Paddington Station.jpg.

Areas we cover around Paddington

We take instructions from Pimlico (SW1V), Soho (W1D, W1F), Covent Garden (WC2E, WC2H), St John's Wood (NW8), Bayswater (W2), Victoria (SW1E, SW1W) and everywhere between them and Paddington.

The variables on a W2 job are structural: party walls, floor levels, and whether the Soho 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.

Paddington applicants pay the statutory fee direct to City of Westminster. London planning approval-rate dataset · Westminster planning · the London planning permission pillar page · planning permission in Pimlico.

Drawings for Paddington are issued under MCIAT charter, which is the technical design and construction-detailing qualification rather than an RIBA registration. If your Paddington site is tight — Paddington Basin in the setting, a Soho designation, a shared flank wall — we test it with Westminster City Council first rather than submit and hope.

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.

Ask us about your W2 property before you commit to a builder's sketch. This Paddington page was reviewed in August 2026.