Hammersmith & Fulham
We design extensions, loft conversions and refurbishments for Fulham’s Victorian terraces and family homes, preparing the planning and building regulation drawings these popular projects require.
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Eyal Moran, Director and Lead Architect, is an ARB-registered architect, leading design judgement, planning strategy and technical coordination across client projects.
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Fulham
| Local planning authority | London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham |
|---|---|
| Conservation area | Central Fulham Conservation Area |
| Likely approval route | Householder planning application or permitted development, depending on conservation status, listing and property type — confirmed for the exact address before drawings begin |
| Statutory determination time | 8 weeks for most householder applications (13 weeks for major applications) |
| Typical drawing package | £395–£4,950 inc. VAT, fixed fee. Find my package → |
Fulham is one of west London’s most popular residential areas for families, characterised by long Victorian and Edwardian terraces, family townhouses and pockets of mansion flats near the river. The classic Fulham project is the terrace extension — rear, side-return or wraparound — usually combined with a loft conversion and a refurbishment, to turn a typical terraced house into a generous family home.
These projects bring familiar terraced-house considerations: party wall procedures with neighbours on both sides, drainage and build-over issues along the side return, daylight and neighbour amenity, and, in the area’s conservation areas, greater scrutiny of roof alterations and external changes. We design to manage these and prepare the planning and building regulations drawings needed to price and build the work.
Fulham proposals are assessed by Hammersmith & Fulham against the borough’s local plan and, where relevant, conservation-area appraisals, confirmed for each address. We design to the local context, coordinate the structural and party wall input terraced projects require, and prepare a tender package a contractor can build from.
Local analysis
Fulham briefs often involve Victorian and Edwardian terraces, family houses off Fulham Road, converted flats, mansion blocks and Thames-side apartments where conservation, leasehold and flood or riverside context may overlap.
The address should be checked against Hammersmith & Fulham conservation areas, Article 4 records, planning history, flood or Thames-side context and any leasehold or estate requirements.
A Fulham package may need to answer Hammersmith & Fulham planning, conservation officers, a freeholder, building management, building control, party wall surveyors, structural engineers and the contractor.
Terraced Fulham houses make party walls, side-return structure, drainage, loft stairs, fire, insulation and services sequencing central to the service route.
Construction information should cover shared walls, narrow access, material delivery, skips, temporary kitchen or decant assumptions, drainage diversions and protection of neighbouring terraces.
Local services
Fulham advice should establish whether the project is a terrace design problem, a leasehold flat package, a Thames-side technical question or a conservation-area submission.
The package should connect planning drawings to party wall, drainage, structure, building regulations and tender information where the work will actually be built.
Project routes
For Fulham terraces, previous side-return and loft alterations can decide whether the next project is planning-led or mainly technical.
For Fulham flats, leasehold consent, acoustic floors, wet-area moves and fire separation may be the real critical path.
For Thames-side Fulham properties, flood resilience, river setting, managed-building rules and access logistics should be checked at the start.
Local evidence
Hammersmith & Fulham records 44 conservation areas, and official Fulham material includes Moore Park, Walham Green, Parsons Green and other conservation-area records; H&F also flags Article 4 restrictions at many properties.
Hammersmith & Fulham.
Moore Park Conservation Area.
Walham Green Conservation Area.
Thames-side.
Hammersmith & Fulham Article 4 directions.
Hammersmith & Fulham states it has 44 conservation areas.
Hammersmith & Fulham search results identify Moore Park Conservation Area as including the area around Fulham Road between Fulham Broadway and the borough boundary.
Hammersmith & Fulham Walham Green material records a boundary extension on 13 November 2018 with properties transferred from Moore Park and Walham Grove.
Hammersmith & Fulham says it has restricted permitted development rights at many properties through Article 4 Directions, especially in conservation areas.
Check Hammersmith & Fulham conservation-area pages and maps for Moore Park, Walham Green, Parsons Green and nearby boundaries.
Check H&F Article 4 records, planning history, title/lease documents and any freeholder alteration guide.
Check drainage, flood or Thames-side information, party-wall context and building-regulations constraints before tender.
Central Fulham Conservation Area. Fulham is covered by several separate conservation areas rather than a single one — for example Central Fulham (named here), alongside others across the SW6 area such as Walham Green, Parsons Green, Moore Park, Gunter Estate and Fulham Palace Road — so the designation that applies depends on the exact address.
Area facts
Moore Park Conservation Area terrace.
Walham Green town-centre edge flat.
Thames-side mansion apartment.
Useful evidence includes conservation-area boundary records, Article 4 checks, ownership and lease documents, planning history, drainage or flood information, terrace photographs and previous extension or roof records.
Useful local facts
Useful Fulham advice should show whether the project is a planning question, a terrace-buildability question, a leasehold flat question or a technical house-upgrade question.
Check whether the address is in Moore Park, Walham Green, Parsons Green, Bishops Park or another H&F conservation area before choosing a consent route.
For terraces, test side return, party wall, drainage, structure and roof history before committing to extension, loft or refurbishment drawings.
For flats and Thames-side properties, check lease, freeholder, flood, fire, acoustic and building-management requirements before setting the scope.
Local process
Is the address in Moore Park, Walham Green, Parsons Green, Bishops Park or another Hammersmith & Fulham conservation area?
Is the project a house, converted flat or managed apartment with separate leasehold controls?
Do side returns, lofts, basements, drainage, party walls, flood context or previous extensions control the next step?
Hammersmith & Fulham conservation-area and Article 4 check for the address.
planning history, title or lease documents, previous extension drawings and roof records.
party-wall context, drainage information, photographs of rear elevations and Thames-side or flood information where relevant.
Decision checklist
Assuming a Fulham terrace can copy the next-door extension without checking conservation status, previous alterations, flat tenure and drainage is a common mistake.
For Thames-side homes and managed apartments, flood context, lease rules, fire, acoustics and building management can be more important than a simple planning route.
Thinking about a project in Fulham?
Send the address and a short description. We will confirm the likely approval route and the drawings your project needs.
Local planning
Fulham lies within the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, which has its own local plan and several conservation areas.
The position should be confirmed for the specific property, including any conservation designation or Article 4 direction.
Fulham contains a number of conservation areas where the consistent terraced streetscape is protected.
For the wider local-authority picture — policies, timescales and application routes — see planning in Hammersmith & Fulham.
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