What Kensington and Chelsea clients say

Which Kensington and Chelsea postcodes does this drawing package service cover?

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

How does a drawing package differ street by street across Kensington and Chelsea?

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

• South Kensington (SW7) — Victorian and Edwardian stucco terraces defines South Kensington, where stucco terraces, mansion blocks, listed buildings set what a drawing package can do. across SW7. Any South Kensington drawing package is validated by RBKC Planning, with V&A the usual South Kensington reference point on the site plan.
• Knightsbridge (SW1X, SW7) — Regency and Victorian terraces, luxury defines Knightsbridge, where regency and victorian terraces, mansion blocks set what a drawing package can do. across SW1X. Any Knightsbridge drawing package is validated by RBKC Planning, with Harrods the usual Knightsbridge reference point on the site plan.
• North Kensington (W10) — a drawing package in North Kensington starts from victorian terraces, post-war estates, and North Kensington reads as Victorian terraces, post-war estates. in W10. RBKC Planning assesses North Kensington drawing packages against its own North Kensington character guidance, and the location plan we draw for North Kensington references Golborne Road.
• Brompton (SW3) — a drawing package in Brompton starts from stucco terraces, edwardian mansion blocks, and Brompton reads as Victorian stucco terraces, mansion blocks. in SW3. RBKC Planning assesses Brompton drawing packages against its own Brompton character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Brompton references Brompton Cross.
• Kensington (W8) — drawing package work in Kensington means stucco terraces, listed buildings. Kensington is Georgian and Victorian stucco terraces. throughout W8. RBKC Planning decides the Kensington application, and Kensington Palace anchors the Kensington location plan.
• Chelsea (SW3, SW10) — Georgian and Victorian terraces, riverside defines Chelsea, where georgian and victorian terraces, listed buildings set what a drawing package can do. across SW3. Any Chelsea drawing package is validated by RBKC Planning, with King's Road the usual Chelsea reference point on the site plan.
• Notting Hill (W11) — drawing package work in Notting Hill means victorian stucco terraces. Notting Hill is stucco terraces, painted facades. throughout W11. RBKC Planning decides the Notting Hill application, and Portobello Road anchors the Notting Hill location plan.

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

Kensington and Chelsea conservation designations: there are 38 across RBKC Planning, Chelsea, Notting Hill, Holland Park among them. Designation costs a Kensington and Chelsea 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. Kensington is the Kensington and Chelsea designation that most often changes a drawing package design.

What Article 4 removes near Kensington and Chelsea: Article 4 Directions covering HMOs, office-to-residential, and basement developments — RBKC has some of the strictest basement policies in London. Before pricing a drawing package we check whether the SW3 address is inside the mapped area, because RBKC Planning draws the Kensington and Chelsea boundary street by street rather than across the whole of Kensington and Chelsea.

Digging below a Kensington and Chelsea property: RBKC's basement policy (post-2015) limits to single-storey under 50% of garden area; double-storey basements effectively prohibited in residential streets. Where a drawing package in Kensington and Chelsea involves excavation that is read beside the Party Wall etc. Act 1996, which needs two months notice for a Kensington and Chelsea dig within 3 m of a neighbour, and RBKC Planning expects the SW3 ground conditions addressed in the application.

Kensington and Chelsea housing stock: Grand white stucco Regency and Victorian terraces; red-brick Queen Anne mansions in Kensington; Edwardian mansion blocks; almost no post-war housing stock. Internationally wealthy residents; extensive listed building coverage; heritage and streetscape prioritised in every decision. Read that before choosing a drawing package route in Kensington and Chelsea — construction, not postcode, sets what is achievable.

Who decides a drawing package on the edge of Kensington and Chelsea?

• Westminster — the Westminster boundary runs against Kensington and Chelsea, so a drawing package a street from Kensington and Chelsea is decided by Westminster City Council instead. Westminster runs 56 conservation areas across SW1 and its neighbours, which is why drawing packages priced for Kensington and Chelsea are re-checked against Westminster policy whenever the Kensington and Chelsea address sits on that edge.
• Hammersmith and Fulham — the Hammersmith and Fulham boundary runs against Kensington and Chelsea, so a drawing package a street from Kensington and Chelsea 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 Kensington and Chelsea are re-checked against Hammersmith and Fulham policy whenever the Kensington and Chelsea address sits on that edge.
• Brent — the Brent boundary runs against Kensington and Chelsea, so a drawing package a street from Kensington and Chelsea is decided by Brent Council instead. Brent runs 22 conservation areas across NW2 and its neighbours, which is why drawing packages priced for Kensington and Chelsea are re-checked against Brent policy whenever the Kensington and Chelsea address sits on that edge.

Sources for this Kensington and Chelsea 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.