Basement extension under garden in Spitalfields

Which postcode districts around Spitalfields do we cover for house extensions work?

Every Spitalfields postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a house extensions there. Spitalfields fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not house extensions estimates.

Which Spitalfields neighbourhoods suit a house extensions best?

Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few Spitalfields streets, and each one changes what a house extensions can achieve at that address.

• Spitalfields (E1) — Georgian listed townhouses, market quarter defines Spitalfields, where georgian listed townhouses set what a house extensions can do. Georgian rear elevations here are usually the listed or locally listed face of the building across E1. Any Spitalfields house extensions is validated by Tower Hamlets Council, with Old Spitalfields Market the usual Spitalfields reference point on the site plan.
• Near Spitalfields: Wapping (E1W) — Georgian fragments, warehouse conversions defines Wapping, where georgian terraces, warehouse conversions set what a house extensions can do. Georgian rear elevations here are usually the listed or locally listed face of the building across E1W. Any Wapping house extensions is validated by Tower Hamlets Council, with St Katharine Docks the usual Wapping reference point on the site plan.
• Near Spitalfields: Canary Wharf (E14) — modern high-density towers defines Canary Wharf, where modern apartments set what a house extensions can do. Modern housing here is frequently covered by a planning condition removing permitted development rights across E14. Any Canary Wharf house extensions is validated by Tower Hamlets Council, with One Canada Square the usual Canary Wharf reference point on the site plan.
• Near Spitalfields: Limehouse (E14) — house extensions work in Limehouse means georgian and victorian terraces, warehouse conversions. Limehouse is Georgian and Victorian terraces, dockside. Georgian rear elevations here are usually the listed or locally listed face of the building throughout E14. Tower Hamlets Council decides the Limehouse application, and Limehouse Basin anchors the Limehouse location plan.
• Near Spitalfields: Poplar (E14) — post-war estates, regen defines Poplar, where post-war estates, new-build set what a house extensions can do. Post-war houses on these estates often sit under an estate management scheme across E14. Any Poplar house extensions is validated by Tower Hamlets Council, with Robin Hood Gardens (former) the usual Poplar reference point on the site plan.
• Near Spitalfields: Shadwell (E1) — Georgian fragments, post-war estates defines Shadwell, where georgian fragments, post-war estates set what a house extensions can do. Georgian rear elevations here are usually the listed or locally listed face of the building across E1. Any Shadwell house extensions is validated by Tower Hamlets Council, with Shadwell station the usual Shadwell reference point on the site plan.
• Near Spitalfields: Stepney (E1) — a house extensions in Stepney starts from victorian terraces, post-war estates, and Stepney reads as Victorian terraces, post-war estates. The side-return infill is the classic move on these Victorian terraces — 3 m of permitted development depth plus the width of the original side passage in E1. Tower Hamlets Council assesses Stepney house extensions against its own Stepney character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Stepney references St Dunstan's.

How do conservation areas and Article 4 affect a house extensions in Spitalfields?

Conservation areas covering Spitalfields: Tower Hamlets Council runs 58, and Fournier Street, Tredegar Square, Wapping Pierhead are the ones Spitalfields owners meet most. A house extensions inside a Spitalfields conservation area loses permitted development, so the Spitalfields submission is a householder application at £548 decided in 8 weeks — not a £249 prior approval decided in 6 weeks. In Spitalfields a house extensions is judged on the street elevation first.

What Article 4 removes near Spitalfields: Article 4 for HMOs borough-wide; additional Article 4 covering office-to-residential in Canary Wharf and City Fringe. Before pricing a house extensions we check whether the E1 address is inside the mapped area, because Tower Hamlets Council draws the Spitalfields boundary street by street rather than across the whole of Spitalfields.

The building fabric around Spitalfields: Georgian in Spitalfields and Wapping; Victorian industrial conversions; extensive post-war social housing; modern high-density towers in Canary Wharf and Aldgate. High heritage value in pockets (Spitalfields, Wapping), mixed with substantial regeneration areas; active planning committee. A house extensions in Spitalfields is scoped against that stock first.

Who decides a house extensions on the edge of Spitalfields?

• Greenwich — cross the Spitalfields boundary and Greenwich Council takes the house extensions instead, applying 20 conservation areas of its own around SE3. We re-price house extensions at the Spitalfields edge because Greenwich policy and Tower Hamlets policy rarely align on house extensions depth.
• Hackney — the Hackney boundary runs against Tower Hamlets, so a house extensions a street from Spitalfields is decided by Hackney Council instead. Hackney runs 29 conservation areas across E2 and its neighbours, which is why house extensions priced for Spitalfields are re-checked against Hackney policy whenever the Spitalfields address sits on that edge.
• Newham — the Newham boundary runs against Tower Hamlets, so a house extensions a street from Spitalfields is decided by Newham Council instead. Newham runs 10 conservation areas across E6 and its neighbours, which is why house extensions priced for Spitalfields are re-checked against Newham policy whenever the Spitalfields address sits on that edge.
• City of London — cross the Spitalfields boundary and City of London Corporation takes the house extensions instead, applying 27 conservation areas of its own around EC1. We re-price house extensions at the Spitalfields edge because City of London policy and Tower Hamlets policy rarely align on house extensions depth.

Sources for this Spitalfields 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.