Planning Drawings in Golders Green NW11
Fixed-fee, MCIAT-chartered planning drawings for Golders Green (NW11) homeowners — London Borough of Barnet validation and local constraints handled from the start.
Golders Green (NW11) contains two very different designations. The Golders Green conservation area covers the Edwardian and interwar core around Golders Green Road and Hoop Lane. To the north-east lies Hampstead Garden Suburb — a planned Arts and Crafts estate that is one of the most tightly controlled residential environments in London, and Barnet has an Article 4 direction covering it.
That Article 4 direction is the single most important fact for anyone building in the Suburb: it removes permitted development rights across the conservation area, so even modest external work needs a full planning application. Because the Suburb was designed as a complete composition, the controls extend past the buildings to the hedge lines, materials and rooflines that make up the original scheme — a level of detail most London conservation areas do not reach. Barnet's separate HMO Article 4 direction removes the permitted change to small houses in multiple occupation across the district. We establish whether an NW11 address is inside the Suburb boundary before drawing to Barnet's guidance, because the answer changes the entire route to consent.
Planning in Golders Green (NW11): what to know before you apply
NW11 spans two conservation areas with very different regimes. Hampstead Garden Suburb is covered by a Barnet Article 4 direction removing permitted development rights across the Suburb, so even modest external alterations need a full planning application, and because the Suburb is a planned Arts and Crafts composition the controls extend to hedge lines, materials and rooflines as part of the original design. The Golders Green conservation area controls the Edwardian and interwar core around Golders Green Road. Barnet's HMO Article 4 direction also removes the permitted change to small houses in multiple occupation across the district.
Typical Golders Green housing stock
Edwardian and interwar semi-detached and detached houses around Golders Green Road and Hoop Lane, and the planned Arts and Crafts housing of Hampstead Garden Suburb toward Temple Fortune.
Streets we regularly draw for in Golders Green
Golders Green Road · Finchley Road · Hoop Lane · Temple Fortune Lane
Planning Drawings for Golders Green (NW11) homes: the package and the process
Every planning drawings we prepare for an Golders Green property is drawn to London Borough of Barnet’s validation standards and tuned to the NW11 constraints above. Here is what the drawing package covers and how the process runs from first survey to approval.
Planning drawings are the scale drawings a London council uses to judge your application: existing and proposed floor plans, elevations, sections and site plans that show the design, scale and neighbour impact of your project. DrawingsDirect produces complete, validation-ready planning drawing sets for extensions, lofts and conversions across London.
What is included in a planning drawing set?
A council will only validate an application that contains the right drawings at the right scale. Our standard planning set covers everything a London validation team expects.
- Site location plan (1:1250) and block plan (1:500)
- Existing floor plans, elevations and sections
- Proposed floor plans, elevations and sections
- Roof plans where relevant, with heights and materials annotated
- A design and access or heritage statement where the borough requires one
How are planning drawings different from building regulations drawings?
Planning drawings show what the building will look like and how it sits in its context. Building regulations drawings show how it will be built safely — structure, insulation, fire escape and drainage. Most projects need both; our Complete package covers the two together with structural calculations coordinated in-house.
| Drawing | Typical scale | What it shows |
|---|---|---|
| Site location plan | 1:1250 | The property in its street context, site edged red |
| Block plan | 1:500 | The building's footprint and position in the plot |
| Floor plans (existing & proposed) | 1:100 / 1:50 | Room layout, walls, openings and the proposed changes |
| Elevations (existing & proposed) | 1:100 / 1:50 | Each face of the building and how it changes |
| Sections | 1:100 / 1:50 | A cut through showing heights, levels and roof form |
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