Planning permission in Hanwell, W7, and where right of light fits
A grant of planning permission in Hanwell does not remove a neighbour's right of light, which is a separate private legal right. Ealing Council decides the planning application: it granted 87% of its 946 householder decisions in the latest four quarters. DrawingsDirect prepares the drawings from £745; the council fee is £548.
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Right of light and planning are two different tests
Some people searching for right of light in Hanwell are the owner planning a house extension, and some are a neighbour worried about one. Planning permission looks at the effect of a scheme on neighbours as a matter of planning policy. A right of light is a legal right that can exist over a window whatever the council decides, and the two are assessed separately.
We do not carry out right of light calculations or daylight and sunlight assessments. That is specialist work for a surveyor or consultant in the field, and a solicitor advises on the legal side. We prepare the planning drawings and application, and our party wall guide covers a neighbouring issue that is also outside planning.
How Ealing decided householder cases
Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (released 24 Sep 2026), counts 946 householder decisions in Ealing across 2025 Q3 to 2026 Q2, prior approvals included, with 87% granted. Across every application type the council made 1,955 decisions.
Excluding prior approvals, 96% of householder decisions came within 8 weeks, the period set by article 34 of the Development Management Procedure Order. Those are borough totals, so treat them as background and not as a prediction.
Our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026) covers 205 householder appeals decided for Ealing from 2021 to 2026, and 43% were allowed; across all types 31% were allowed.
Extending a house in W7
A neighbour's objection about light or outlook can come up during consultation on an extension, and the case officer reads the plans and sections to see how the proposal sits against adjoining windows. Accurate existing and proposed drawings matter here. See our house extension drawings in Ealing and the wider planning permission in Ealing page.
Appeals, and thirty-one register entries
Our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026) covers 205 householder appeals decided for Ealing from 2021 to 2026, and 43% were allowed; across all types 31% were allowed. The MHCLG Planning Data Platform lists 31 entries on the national register of conservation areas for the borough, so check your street on the council's conservation area map.
The £548 fee, our fee and the statement question
A householder application costs £548 in council fee from 1 April 2026. Our fixed fee for householder planning drawings, including the survey, drawings, design statement and submission, starts at £745, listed on the pricing page. The government's guidance says a Design and Access Statement is required for major development, some development in conservation areas and listed building consent applications; read it at making an application.
Sources
Every figure on this page, where it comes from and a link to the original.
| Figure | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| £745 | DrawingsDirect starting fixed fee for householder planning drawings (survey, drawings, design statement, submission), from the published price list | drawingsdirect.co.uk |
| £548 | Fees for planning applications in England from 1 April 2026 (MHCLG, SI 2012/2920 as annually indexed), category 6(1): householder application for the enlargement, improvement or alteration of a single dwellinghouse (source wording: £548) | assets.publishing.service.gov.uk |
| Design and Access Statement | Planning practice guidance, Making an application, paragraph 030: a Design and Access Statement is required for major development, some development in conservation areas and World Heritage Sites, and listed building consent applications | www.gov.uk |
| 946 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 87% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 96% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 205 | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 43% | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 31 | Our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform conservation-area and article-4-direction datasets (bulk snapshot retrieved 14 Aug 2026) | www.planning.data.gov.uk |
| 1,955 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 31% | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 8 weeks | DMPO 2015 art 34(2)(b): decision period for an application that is not major development (source wording: "8 weeks beginning with the day immediately following that on which the application is received") | www.legislation.gov.uk |