Approved with conditions by Ealing Council in 22 weeks.
A family in Park Royal approached us for basement extension under garden on a modern apartments property. Constraints: respecting streetscape rhythm typical of Ealing, maintaining rear garden depth, and meeting Ealing Council's design expectations for the conservation context (30 conservation areas borough-wide).
Measured survey week 1. Three design iterations balancing internal layout against external massing visible from neighbours. Two scheme massings tested against Ealing Council's adopted design guidance. Chosen scheme matched existing roof pitch, used matching brick, set the new opening back from the eaves.
Submitted to Ealing Council via the Planning Portal. With Article 4 in force in Ealing, we confirmed our scheme retained the necessary permissions before submission. Officer comments minor, addressed in 5 days. Approved with conditions.
Decision recorded Ealing Council, statutory determination period.

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Every Park Royal postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a house extensions there. Park Royal fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not house extensions estimates.
| Postcode | Area | Dominant stock | What it means for a house extensions |
|---|---|---|---|
| NW10 | Willesden / Harlesden / Kensal Green | Modern apartments, post-war estates | Willesden / Harlesden / Kensal Green is split at NW10. Either Brent Council or Ealing Council can determine a house extensions here, so the NW10 address is checked against both policies maps first. |
| W5 | Ealing Broadway | Edwardian villas, Victorian terraces | Neighbouring Ealing Broadway, where house extensions work is handled by the same Ealing Council case officers. |
| W3 | Acton | Victorian and Edwardian terraces | Neighbouring Acton, where house extensions work is handled by the same Ealing Council case officers. |
| W7 | Hanwell | Edwardian villas, 1930s semi-detached | Neighbouring Hanwell, where house extensions work is handled by the same Ealing Council case officers. |
| W13 | West Ealing | Edwardian terraces | Neighbouring West Ealing, where house extensions work is handled by the same Ealing Council case officers. |
| UB1 | Southall | Edwardian terraces, post-war flats | Neighbouring Southall, where house extensions work is handled by the same Ealing Council case officers. |
| UB6 | Greenford | 1930s semi-detached | Neighbouring Greenford, where house extensions work is handled by the same Ealing Council case officers. |
| UB5 | Northolt | 1930s semi-detached, post-war estates | Neighbouring Northolt, where house extensions work is handled by the same Ealing Council case officers. |
| W4 | Bedford Park | Arts & Crafts villas (listed) | Neighbouring Bedford Park, where house extensions work is handled by the same Ealing Council case officers. |
| W5 | Pitshanger | Edwardian villas | Neighbouring Pitshanger, where house extensions work is handled by the same Ealing Council case officers. |
Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few Park Royal streets, and each one changes what a house extensions can achieve at that address.
How designation changes a Park Royal house extensions: Ealing Council maintains 30 conservation areas, including Hanwell, Ealing Broadway, Pitshanger. Inside any of them a Park Royal house extensions cannot rely on permitted development, and the route becomes a £548 householder application determined in 8 weeks rather than a £249 prior approval in 6 weeks. Hanwell sets the tone for Park Royal casework.
Article 4 and your Park Royal house extensions: Article 4 for HMOs in specific streets in Acton, Ealing and Southall. At a NW10 address that matters twice over, because Ealing Council applies the direction unevenly across Park Royal — we read the Park Royal policies map for the exact NW10 address before quoting house extensions.
What Park Royal is built from: Victorian and Edwardian villas in Ealing central; 1930s semi-detached in Northolt and Hanwell; mansion blocks along main roads; Bedford Park is a listed Arts & Crafts garden suburb. Leafy outer-west London; Bedford Park conservation area has strict heritage controls; rest of borough generally permissive. That mix decides the house extensions route in Park Royal more than the postcode does.
Sources for this Park Royal house extensions page: borough policies maps and conservation-area registers (2025–26), Royal Mail postcode district boundaries, the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) (England) Regulations, the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended, and the Party Wall etc. Act 1996.
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