Planning Permission in Westbourne Green | Fixed-Fee Plans

An Article 4 Direction applies across Westminster, so check it before assuming Westbourne Green permitted development survives. The fabric of Westbourne Green is Victorian terraces and mansion blocks, so a W2 proposal is judged on fit before it is judged on size. Mayfair is the designation that most often reshapes a Westbourne Green proposal; Westminster carries 56 of them. Conservation status is checked against the Westbourne Green address before design.

Every W2, W9 job starts with checking Article 4 directions street by street. Rear wall, floor levels and the Royal Oak roofline are the three Westbourne Green constraints. The borough policy layer over every W2, W9 address is set out on Westminster planning. The Westbourne Green survey then carries into loft conversion drawings in Westbourne Green if the project runs on to construction.

Allow one to two weeks of City of Westminster validation on any W2 application. The Westbourne Green job starts with a laser survey, not a sketch.

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 Westbourne Green householder cases are decided under delegated powers, not committee. We issue the W2 drawings numbered and revision-controlled.

Objections on a Westbourne Green case usually come from the immediate neighbours, not the wider W2, W9 area. The Westbourne Green survey records every opening, level change and structural wall.

Because Westbourne Green houses generally share walls, budget time for party wall notices alongside the W2, W9 application. Once consent is granted, house extension drawings follows for the W2 property.

Westbourne Green is characterised by victorian terraces, mansion blocks, concentrated across W2, W9 in the Bayswater / Paddington area. How the victorian terraces in Westbourne Green was built decides what can be opened up and where the load has to go. Reading that across to Westbourne Green stock: most applications on these Victorian streets are householder applications validated on existing and proposed plans, elevations, a site plan and a location plan. On Westbourne Green plots that shows up in the section drawings. City of Westminster officers compare a W2 scheme to the block it sits in, not to a policy number.

Subterranean W2 work needs a structural case as much as a planning one. One Westbourne Green survey serves architectural drawings for W2 properties and building regulations drawings too; we do not re-measure a W2 property for each submission.

What the Westbourne Green drawing pack contains

The Westbourne Green pack below is what Westminster City Council and a builder both need.

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

Local landmarks that shape a Westbourne Green application

• Notting Hill — closet wings that change how a rear extension meets the Notting Hill back addition.
• Warwick Avenue — roof profiles that set the ridge datum Westminster City Council measures a Warwick Avenue dormer against.
• Royal Oak — sightlines from here are part of the Westminster City Council character assessment.

Getting to a Westbourne Green survey

Surveyors travel to W2 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are List of London Underground stations, Westbourne Park, Royal Oak, Warwick Avenue station. Appointments are booked in Westbourne Green on weekdays and Saturdays, and the measured survey of a standard victorian terraces takes two to three hours.

Where Westbourne Green sits

with the Grand Union Canal shaping drainage and flood-risk questions on lower-lying W2 plots, inside the Queen's Park and Maida Vale{{cite web parliamentary constituency. We draw the Westbourne Green location and block plans from that reference, which is what Westminster City Council validates against. Source.

Practical detail for a Westbourne Green submission: List of London Underground stations and Westbourne Park and Royal Oak and Warwick Avenue station cover the W2 area; addresses are written to LONDON; dialling code 020. Site plans are drawn to the address as Westminster City Council holds it.

Westbourne Green postcode coverage

Our Westbourne Green coverage takes in W2 (Bayswater / Paddington), shared with Bayswater, Paddington; W9 (Maida Vale), shared with Maida Vale.

Streets and stations in Westbourne Green

Typical Westbourne Green work sits on Notting Hill and Warwick Avenue. most Westbourne Green sites are within walking distance of List of London Underground stations or Westbourne Park or Royal Oak.

Areas we cover around Westbourne Green

Coverage from Westbourne Green extends to Belgravia (SW1X, SW1W), Marylebone (W1U, W1G, W1H), Pimlico (SW1V), Soho (W1D, W1F), Covent Garden (WC2E, WC2H), St John's Wood (NW8) and into Wandsworth.

What moves the number on a Westbourne Green job is the victorian terraces itself — party walls, level changes, and whether Mayfair 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 City of Westminster's, taken when the Westbourne Green application is lodged. London planning approval-rate dataset · Westminster planning · the London planning permission pillar page · planning permission in Belgravia.

The person drawing your Westbourne Green scheme holds MCIAT charter and carries the technical responsibility for it. We would rather spend on Westminster City Council advice than lose a Westbourne Green decision and resubmit.

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.

A short call about the Westbourne Green property is usually enough to scope the job. This Westbourne Green page was reviewed in August 2026.