Planning and building regulation drawings in Shepherds Bush (W12)

On the Victorian terraces, side-return and rear-depth expectations are well established, which gives a rear or side-return extension or a loft a clear starting point. On the cottage estate the Old Oak and Wormholt conservation area protects the garden-suburb layout, including its privet hedges, front gardens and wide verges, and the original detailing is treated as a defining feature. Roofs, materials and boundary treatments are controlled, and the scale of an extension is read against the open character of the estate.

White City has its own considerations. Bloemfontein Road, Frithville Gardens, Macfarlane Road and Pennard Road are among its streets, and the Wood Lane conservation area and the regeneration framework shape expectations along the redevelopment lands. Where a home is a leasehold flat, freeholder consent and party-wall matters arrive separately from planning. Hammersmith & Fulham also applies Article 4 directions to HMO conversions in parts of the borough. We check the conservation area, the estate position and the lease context against your address first.

Planning in Shepherds Bush: what to know before you apply

Hammersmith & Fulham controls design closely in its conservation areas, and in W12 the Old Oak & Wormholt area is the one that governs the cottage estate: rooflines, materials and boundary treatments are the points officers look at. On Victorian terraces the council watches side-return and rear-extension depth and the relationship between neighbours. The Shepherds Bush and Wood Lane areas touch parts of the district, and regeneration frameworks apply on the redevelopment lands. Below-ground works engage the borough's basement policy and an impact assessment. No householder Article 4 direction is published for White City. We check the designations and any direction against your address before choosing a route.

Applications are decided by London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham — its planning pages.