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Free 2026 London Planning Report — Kilburn NW6

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NW6 · Kilburn · Brent

Planning and building regulation drawings in Kilburn (NW6)

NW6 is split between two councils, and the three areas inside it each ask something different of a homeowner. Kilburn is mostly late-Victorian terraces and semi-detached houses on the streets off the High Road and Willesden Lane, many converted into flats, with Edwardian and interwar stock toward Salusbury Road. West Hampstead has dense red-brick Victorian and Edwardian terraces and mansion blocks around its stations; its streets include Fordwych Road, Sumatra Road and Dennington Park Road. Queen's Park is dominated by the uniform Artizans' cottages of the Queen's Park Estate and the late-Victorian terraces around them; Milman Road and Kingswood Avenue are among its streets.

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That variety produces very different briefs. In Queen's Park the building lines and detailing are shared from house to house, so owners tend to work at the back and in the roof, keeping the street front as it is. The gardens are modest and the cottages are small, which limits rear depth. West Hampstead is heavily subdivided, so a lot of projects are flat alterations where leasehold consent, party wall awards and means of escape run alongside the planning drawings.

Kilburn sits in the middle. Where a house is whole, side-return and rear work may be possible, but North Kilburn is a conservation area with its own Article 4 direction, and the HMO direction means turning a house into shared occupation needs permission. Because NW6 sits under more than one authority, the first step on any property is to work out which council and which designations apply, then draw to that council's requirements rather than assuming a single local rulebook.

Planning in Kilburn: what to know before you apply

Brent and Camden each handle householder applications in their own way in NW6, so the council for your street matters. In Brent, design is controlled in conservation areas such as Queen's Park, and on the Queens Park Estate cottages there is a strong presumption against front and roof-slope alterations visible from the street. North Kilburn has an Article 4 direction removing permitted development, and Brent also withdraws the right to convert a house to a small HMO. In West Hampstead, the West End Green and Priory Road designations govern red-brick frontages and rooflines, and flats carry no permitted development rights. We check the council, the designation and the ownership structure of your property before choosing a route.

Applications are decided by London Borough of Brent — its planning pages.

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Does your Kilburn project need planning permission?

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Listed building?
Conservation area?
Likely permitted development — no planning applicationNeeds checking
  • A single-storey rear extension up to 4 m deep on a detached house, or 3 m on any other house, is Class A permitted development subject to the height and materials conditions.
  • An Article 4 direction applies here and may withdraw this freedom — the schedule must be checked before relying on it.
  • One or more constraints are unknown — we check the council's registers as part of the free appraisal.
  • Where permitted development applies, a lawful development certificate proves it for lenders and buyers.

Sources: GPDO 2015, Schedule 2, Part 1 · Planning Portal — common projects · Building Regulations 2010 — when approval is needed

This is a first-pass indication from the national rules, not planning advice for your property. Your council's registers, any Article 4 schedule and the exact dimensions decide it — the free appraisal checks all three before we recommend a route.

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Kilburn (NW6) in numbers

What London Borough of Brent has decided, and what NW6 is built of — the two facts that shape every job here.

Householder planning decisions — London Borough of Brent

Kilburn (NW6) applications are decided by London Borough of Brent; these are its published householder figures for the last four quarters.

Householder applications decided2025 Q2 to 2026 Q1924
Granted790
Refused134
Grantedof 924 decisions · England 90%85%
Decided within 8 weeksof 690, excluding prior approvals98%

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (PS2 district planning application statistics). Open Government Licence v3.0 Extracted 2026-09-22.

Permitted development prior approvals — London Borough of Brent

How the larger-home-extension route has fared with London Borough of Brent, which decides NW6 notifications.

Larger home extension prior approvals — not required2024 Q2 to 2026 Q1335
Prior approval granted15
Prior approval refused174
Grantedof 189 determined8%

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (PS1 district planning application statistics). Open Government Licence v3.0 Extracted 2026-09-22.

Planning appeals — London Borough of Brent

Refusals in NW6 can be appealed to the Planning Inspectorate; this is London Borough of Brent's householder appeal record.

Householder appeals determined2021–2026283
Allowed118
Allowedof 283 · England 36%42%

Source: Planning Inspectorate appeals casework. Open Government Licence v3.0 Extracted 2026-09-22.

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions — London Borough of Brent

Register counts for London Borough of Brent. A count describes what the council has published, never a rank against another council.

Conservation areas in the register22 dated, 1968–202423
Article 4 directions in the register39
Areas covered by an Article 4 direction162

Source: MHCLG Planning Data Platform. Open Government Licence v3.0 Extracted 2026-09-22.

What NW6 is built of

Residential building form across Kilburn (NW6), from 370 classified buildings — the fact that decides party walls, side returns and loft headroom before any policy does.

Attached on more than one side67%
Attached on one side27%
Detached6%
Median building footprint80 m²
Addresses per buildingAbove about 2 means flats and maisonettes dominate2.82
Buildings classified370

Source: Ordnance Survey National Geographic Database (derived statistics). Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Extracted 2026-09-22.

  1. Day 0Measured survey of your Kilburn property — or your existing plans if you have them.
  2. About 7 daysDrawings issued for your approval. Free redraws until you are happy.
  3. SubmissionWe validate against London Borough of Brent’s checklist and submit on your behalf.
  4. Council: 8-week targetHouseholder applications carry an 8-week statutory target. London Borough of Brent decided 98% of 690 recent householder applications inside it.

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (PS2 district planning application statistics). Open Government Licence v3.0 Extracted 2026-09-22.

Neighbourhoods

Streets and neighbourhoods in NW6

Kilburnpredominantly late-VictorianWest Hampsteadpredominantly late-Victorian and EdwardianQueen's Parkpredominantly late-Victorian
Nearby

Nearby postcode districts

Kentish Town NW5Mill Hill NW7Hendon NW4St Johns Wood NW8Hampstead NW3Kingsbury NW9Cricklewood NW2Willesden NW10
FAQ

Kilburn (NW6) — FAQs

Can I extend a Queen's Park Estate cottage at the back?+
Within limits. The estate's uniform frontages and roof slopes are protected, so the work focuses on the rear, and the small gardens restrict how far an extension can project. We establish whether permitted development or a full application is the right route.
Does turning my Kilburn house into a shared house need planning permission?+
Yes. Brent has removed the permitted right to change a house into a small house in multiple occupation, so an application is needed. North Kilburn also has its own Article 4 direction, and we check whether it touches your street.
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