Planning and building regulation drawings in Greenford (UB6)

What homeowners build follows the stock. Generous gardens in Greenford, and the deep gardens on the Perivale streets that rise toward Horsenden Hill, suit single-storey extensions and loft dormers. Where an application is needed, the interwar consistency means the council looks hard at whether new work matches the render, bay and roof detailing that gives a street its identity. Gaps between pairs of semis matter in Greenford, so side additions need to respect the established building line.

Both districts touch the north-west part of the Canalside conservation area along the Grand Union, where works visible from the canal corridor face closer scrutiny. Perivale has its own backdrops: the Grade II* Hoover Building on Western Avenue sets the character officers want protected there, and streets that back onto Horsenden Hill sit on rising ground with mature trees, some likely to be protected by Tree Preservation Orders. Land near the canal that once held works can carry contamination and drainage questions, which are better raised before design than during construction.

Planning in Greenford: what to know before you apply

Ealing assesses householder applications against the character of the street, and its conservation areas control dormers, materials and front elevations closely. In UB6 the one to know is Canalside on the north-west edge, where roof enlargements, side extensions and rear extensions of more than one storey are outside permitted development. Elsewhere, interwar semis often start from the standard permitted development rights, but protected trees, the setting of the Hoover Building and slopes near Horsenden Hill can still shape a scheme that needs an application. Ealing has a borough-wide Article 4 direction on conversions of family houses to small shared homes, and some parts of the borough control front-garden hardstanding. We check each against your address first.

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