Planning Permission in Twickenham | Fixed-Fee Plans

No Article 4 Direction covers Richmond upon Thames, which keeps the Twickenham permitted-development route open on unlisted houses. The fabric of Twickenham is Georgian and Victorian riverside town, so a TW1 proposal is judged on fit before it is judged on size. Conservation status changes the Twickenham route entirely — Hampton Wick being the usual case among the 72 designations in Richmond upon Thames. Conservation status is checked against the Twickenham address before design.

Article 4 directions are checked street by street in Twickenham; the borough-wide answer is rarely the whole answer. Measure a TW1 property and the georgian fragments answers most of it — where the original rear wall sat, and what height the Twickenham street will carry. The borough policy layer over every TW1, TW2 address is set out on Richmond upon Thames planning. The Twickenham survey then carries into house extension drawings in Twickenham if the project runs on to construction.

One to two weeks at London Borough of Richmond upon Thames before a Twickenham case reaches an officer. A surveyor measures the Twickenham property before any TW1 design begins.

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.

Officer queries on a Twickenham application come to us, not to you. You get the full Twickenham set as PDFs, plus CAD on request.

Objection volume on Twickenham cases is public — we read it before advising. The Twickenham survey records every opening, level change and structural wall.

Serve party wall notices early where TW1, TW2 neighbours share a flank wall — on Twickenham terraces they nearly always do. Once consent is granted, architectural drawings follows for the TW1 property.

Twickenham is characterised by georgian fragments, victorian terraces, edwardian villas, concentrated across TW1, TW2 in the Twickenham area. The construction sequence on a Twickenham job follows the georgian fragments, not a standard detail sheet. Locally that resolves to this: applications on Georgian stock here almost always need a heritage statement alongside the drawings. That detail drives the TW1 construction sequence. Because Twickenham rows are consistent, the proposed elevation is drawn with neighbours on it.

A Twickenham basement stands on its drainage and party wall evidence. One Twickenham survey serves building regulations drawings for TW1 properties and loft conversion drawings too; we do not re-measure a TW1 property for each submission.

What the Twickenham drawing pack contains

The drawing schedule for a Twickenham project runs as follows.

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

Streets and landmarks we survey around Twickenham

• Fulwell Park — closet wings that change how a rear extension meets the Fulwell Park back addition.
• Crane Park — roof profiles that set the ridge datum Richmond Council measures a Crane Park dormer against.
• All Hallows Lombard Street — closet wings that change how a rear extension meets the All Hallows Lombard Street back addition.
• Hampton Hill — gardens deep enough for the 8 weeks householder route on a Hampton Hill plot.
• Strawberry Hill — terraced rear elevations — the Strawberry Hill party wall position is drawn first.
• Radnor Gardens — side returns where the 45-degree amenity test decides how far a Radnor Gardens extension goes.
• Eel Pie Island — sightlines from here are part of the Richmond Council character assessment.
• Twickenham Stadium — it fixes the local datum a Twickenham roof extension is judged against.
• Catholic Church — schemes visible from it get closer scrutiny in Richmond upon Thames.
• Twickenham United Reformed Church — Richmond Council weighs TW1 sightlines to it in the character assessment.
• United Reformed Church — nearby georgian fragments takes its scale from this frontage.
• Twickenham Methodist Church — the surrounding georgian fragments takes its scale from it.

Getting to a Twickenham survey

Surveyors travel to TW1 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are Twickenham, St Margarets, Whitton, Fulwell. Appointments are booked in Twickenham on weekdays and Saturdays, and the measured survey of a standard georgian fragments takes two to three hours.

Where Twickenham sits

Twickenham lies 9.9 miles (15.9 km) southwest of Charing Cross, on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ1673, with the River Thames shaping drainage and flood-risk questions on lower-lying TW1 plots. Location and block plans for Twickenham start from that grid square. Source.

Practical detail for a Twickenham submission: transport for Twickenham runs through Twickenham and St Margarets and Whitton and Fulwell; Royal Mail routes it as TWICKENHAM; dialling code 020. Site plans are drawn to the address as Richmond Council holds it.

Twickenham postcode coverage

Twickenham work spans TW1 (Twickenham), which Twickenham holds on its own; TW2 (Twickenham / Whitton), shared with Whitton, with the TW1 boundary setting which designations bite.

Streets and stations in Twickenham

Twickenham addresses we have drawn run to Fulwell Park, Crane Park, All Hallows Lombard Street, Hampton Hill, Strawberry Hill and Radnor Gardens. most Twickenham sites are within walking distance of Twickenham or St Margarets or Whitton.

Areas we cover around Twickenham

Twickenham sits in a patch that also takes in Balham (SW12), Tooting (SW17), Wandsworth Common (SW17, SW18), Earlsfield (SW18), Putney (SW15), Southfields (SW18), and we work all of it as far as the Kingston upon Thames boundary.

What moves the number on a Twickenham job is the georgian fragments itself — party walls, level changes, and whether Hampton Wick 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 charge on a Twickenham application goes to London Borough of Richmond upon Thames at submission. London planning approval-rate dataset · Richmond upon Thames planning · our London planning permission service · planning permission in Balham.

The technologist who surveys your Twickenham property signs the drawings. Where a Twickenham case is borderline — a corner plot near Twickenham Stadium, a Hampton Wick frontage, a flank wall hard onto a TW1 neighbour — we buy pre-application advice from Richmond Council rather than gamble the statutory 8 weeks.

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.

We can usually confirm the Twickenham planning route from the address alone. This Twickenham page was reviewed in August 2026.