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Case study · Ealing

Basement extension under garden in Park Royal

Approved with conditions by Ealing Council in 22 weeks.

Project summary

Service
Basement extension under garden
Location
Park Royal, Ealing
Property stock
Modern apartments, post-war estates
Article 4 in borough
Yes
Process duration
22 weeks
Outcome
Approved with conditions

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The brief

What the client needed

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).

Design response

How we designed it

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.

Planning route

Submission and decision

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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Basement extension under garden in Park Royal — a wraparound rear and side extension
A wraparound rear and side extension — basement extension under garden in Park Royal.

Which Park Royal postcodes does this house extensions service cover?

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.

PostcodeAreaDominant stockWhat it means for a house extensions
NW10Willesden / Harlesden / Kensal GreenModern apartments, post-war estatesWillesden / 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.
W5Ealing BroadwayEdwardian villas, Victorian terracesNeighbouring Ealing Broadway, where house extensions work is handled by the same Ealing Council case officers.
W3ActonVictorian and Edwardian terracesNeighbouring Acton, where house extensions work is handled by the same Ealing Council case officers.
W7HanwellEdwardian villas, 1930s semi-detachedNeighbouring Hanwell, where house extensions work is handled by the same Ealing Council case officers.
W13West EalingEdwardian terracesNeighbouring West Ealing, where house extensions work is handled by the same Ealing Council case officers.
UB1SouthallEdwardian terraces, post-war flatsNeighbouring Southall, where house extensions work is handled by the same Ealing Council case officers.
UB6Greenford1930s semi-detachedNeighbouring Greenford, where house extensions work is handled by the same Ealing Council case officers.
UB5Northolt1930s semi-detached, post-war estatesNeighbouring Northolt, where house extensions work is handled by the same Ealing Council case officers.
W4Bedford ParkArts & Crafts villas (listed)Neighbouring Bedford Park, where house extensions work is handled by the same Ealing Council case officers.
W5PitshangerEdwardian villasNeighbouring Pitshanger, where house extensions work is handled by the same Ealing Council case officers.

What changes about a house extensions in each part of Park Royal?

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 do conservation areas and Article 4 affect a house extensions in Park Royal?

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.

What happens if a Park Royal property sits on a boundary?

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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Basement extension under garden in Park Royal — rear extension plans laid out on site
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