Side return extension in Hammersmith and Fulham

Which postcode districts around Hammersmith and Fulham do we cover for side return work?

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

How does a side return differ street by street across Hammersmith and Fulham?

Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few Hammersmith and Fulham streets, and each one changes what a side return can achieve at that address.

• Fulham (SW6) — side return work in Fulham means victorian terraces, mansion blocks. Fulham is Victorian bay-fronted terraces. 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 throughout SW6. Hammersmith & Fulham Council decides the Fulham application, and Fulham Broadway anchors the Fulham location plan.
• Hammersmith (W6) — side return work in Hammersmith means victorian terraces, mansion blocks. Hammersmith is Victorian terraces, riverside character. 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 throughout W6. Hammersmith & Fulham Council decides the Hammersmith application, and Hammersmith Bridge anchors the Hammersmith location plan.
• Shepherd's Bush (W12) — side return work in Shepherd's Bush means victorian and edwardian terraces. Shepherd's Bush is Victorian and Edwardian terraces. 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 throughout W12. Hammersmith & Fulham Council decides the Shepherd's Bush application, and Westfield London anchors the Shepherd's Bush location plan.
• White City (W12) — regenerated quarter, post-war estates defines White City, where post-war estates, new-build set what a side return can do. Post-war houses on these estates often sit under an estate management scheme across W12. Any White City side return is validated by Hammersmith & Fulham Council, with Television Centre the usual White City reference point on the site plan.
• Parsons Green (SW6) — a side return in Parsons Green starts from victorian terraces, and Parsons Green reads as Victorian bay-fronted terraces around the green. 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 SW6. Hammersmith & Fulham Council assesses Parsons Green side returns against its own Parsons Green character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Parsons Green references Parsons Green park.
• Barons Court (W14) — side return work in Barons Court means edwardian mansion blocks, victorian terraces. Barons Court is Edwardian mansion blocks, Victorian terraces. 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 throughout W14. Hammersmith & Fulham Council decides the Barons Court application, and Barons Court Tube anchors the Barons Court location plan.
• Brackenbury Village (W6) — side return work in Brackenbury Village means victorian terraces. Brackenbury Village is Victorian conservation area. 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 throughout W6. Hammersmith & Fulham Council decides the Brackenbury Village application, and Ravenscourt Park anchors the Brackenbury Village location plan.

Does Hammersmith and Fulham planning policy restrict a side return?

Conservation areas covering Hammersmith and Fulham: Hammersmith & Fulham Council runs 45, and Walham Green, Hammersmith Grove, Brackenbury Village are the ones Hammersmith and Fulham owners meet most. A side return inside a Hammersmith and Fulham conservation area loses permitted development, so the Hammersmith and Fulham submission is a householder application at £548 decided in 8 weeks — not a £249 prior approval decided in 6 weeks. In Fulham Palace Road a side return is judged on the street elevation first.

Hammersmith and Fulham and Article 4: Article 4 removes PD for HMO conversions; restrictions on ground-floor shop-to-residential in certain streets. A side return planned at a SW6 address is checked against that direction first; Hammersmith & Fulham Council publishes the Hammersmith and Fulham extent, and the SW6 line rarely follows the Hammersmith and Fulham boundary you would expect.

What Hammersmith and Fulham is built from: Victorian and Edwardian terraces — particularly two-storey bay-fronted terraces south of the river in Fulham and Parsons Green; mansion blocks along main roads. Suburban-feel residential streets with strong conservation area coverage; well-established mansard precedents on many terraces. That mix decides the side return route in Hammersmith and Fulham more than the postcode does.

Which neighbouring authorities border Hammersmith and Fulham?

• Hounslow — cross the Hammersmith and Fulham boundary and Hounslow Council takes the side return instead, applying 30 conservation areas of its own around W3. We re-price side returns at the Hammersmith and Fulham edge because Hounslow policy and Hammersmith and Fulham policy rarely align on side return depth.
• Richmond upon Thames — cross the Hammersmith and Fulham boundary and Richmond Council takes the side return instead, applying 72 conservation areas of its own around SW13. We re-price side returns at the Hammersmith and Fulham edge because Richmond upon Thames policy and Hammersmith and Fulham policy rarely align on side return depth.
• Wandsworth — the Wandsworth boundary runs against Hammersmith and Fulham, so a side return a street from Hammersmith and Fulham is decided by Wandsworth Council instead. Wandsworth runs 45 conservation areas across SW8 and its neighbours, which is why side returns priced for Hammersmith and Fulham are re-checked against Wandsworth policy whenever the Hammersmith and Fulham address sits on that edge.
• Kensington and Chelsea — the Kensington and Chelsea boundary runs against Hammersmith and Fulham, so a side return a street from Hammersmith and Fulham is decided by RBKC Planning instead. Kensington and Chelsea runs 38 conservation areas across SW1 and its neighbours, which is why side returns priced for Hammersmith and Fulham are re-checked against Kensington and Chelsea policy whenever the Hammersmith and Fulham address sits on that edge.

Sources for this Hammersmith and Fulham side return 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.