What Ealing clients say

Where in Ealing does a drawing package actually get determined?

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

What changes about a drawing package in each part of Ealing?

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

• West Ealing (W13) — Edwardian terraces defines West Ealing, where edwardian terraces set what a drawing package can do. across W13. Any West Ealing drawing package is validated by Ealing Council, with West Ealing station the usual West Ealing reference point on the site plan.
• Southall (UB1, UB2) — a drawing package in Southall starts from edwardian terraces, post-war flats, and Southall reads as Edwardian terraces, post-war estates. in UB1. Ealing Council assesses Southall drawing packages against its own Southall character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Southall references Southall Broadway.
• Greenford (UB6) — a drawing package in Greenford starts from 1930s semi-detached, and Greenford reads as 1930s semi-detached. in UB6. Ealing Council assesses Greenford drawing packages against its own Greenford character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Greenford references Greenford station.
• Northolt (UB5) — a drawing package in Northolt starts from 1930s semi-detached, post-war estates, and Northolt reads as 1930s semi-detached, post-war estates. in UB5. Ealing Council assesses Northolt drawing packages against its own Northolt character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Northolt references Northolt Tube.
• Bedford Park (W4) — drawing package work in Bedford Park means arts & crafts villas (listed). Bedford Park is Arts & Crafts garden suburb, conservation. throughout W4. Ealing Council decides the Bedford Park application, and Bedford Park Estate anchors the Bedford Park location plan.
• Pitshanger (W5) — drawing package work in Pitshanger means edwardian villas. Pitshanger is Edwardian conservation area. throughout W5. Ealing Council decides the Pitshanger application, and Pitshanger Lane anchors the Pitshanger location plan.
• Park Royal (NW10) — a drawing package in Park Royal starts from modern apartments, post-war estates, and Park Royal reads as industrial fringe, new residential. in NW10. Ealing Council assesses Park Royal drawing packages against its own Park Royal character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Park Royal references Park Royal station.

How do conservation areas and Article 4 affect a drawing package in Ealing?

Ealing conservation designations: there are 30 across Ealing Council, Bedford Park, Acton Green, Hanwell among them. Designation costs a Ealing owner the permitted-development route: a drawing package then needs a £548 householder application over 8 weeks, in place of the £249 prior approval route that takes 6 weeks. Hanwell is the Ealing designation that most often changes a drawing package design.

What Article 4 removes near Ealing: Article 4 for HMOs in specific streets in Acton, Ealing and Southall. Before pricing a drawing package we check whether the W3 address is inside the mapped area, because Ealing Council draws the Ealing boundary street by street rather than across the whole of Ealing.

The building fabric around Ealing: 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. A drawing package in Ealing is scoped against that stock first.

Who decides a drawing package on the edge of Ealing?

• Hounslow — adjoining Ealing, with 30 conservation areas centred on W3. A drawing package on the far side of the Ealing line is determined by Hounslow Council, so the Ealing quote for drawing packages is checked against Hounslow guidance before it is issued.
• Hillingdon — the Hillingdon boundary runs against Ealing, so a drawing package a street from Ealing is decided by Hillingdon Council instead. Hillingdon runs 29 conservation areas across HA4 and its neighbours, which is why drawing packages priced for Ealing are re-checked against Hillingdon policy whenever the Ealing address sits on that edge.
• Brent — adjoining Ealing, with 22 conservation areas centred on NW2. A drawing package on the far side of the Ealing line is determined by Brent Council, so the Ealing quote for drawing packages is checked against Brent guidance before it is issued.
• Hammersmith and Fulham — the Hammersmith and Fulham boundary runs against Ealing, so a drawing package a street from Ealing is decided by Hammersmith & Fulham Council instead. Hammersmith and Fulham runs 45 conservation areas across W6 and its neighbours, which is why drawing packages priced for Ealing are re-checked against Hammersmith and Fulham policy whenever the Ealing address sits on that edge.

Sources for this Ealing drawing package 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.