Hampstead Architecture and Planning

Services

Architectural services for prime London homes

From early feasibility and planning to building regulations, technical design and construction support — a full architectural-services library, organised so you can appoint stage by stage.

Our work follows the RIBA Plan of Work, so each stage is properly resolved before the next. There are 33 services below across 8 areas of practice.

Book an Architectural ConsultationSend Project Detailsor call 020 8054 8756
  • Clear fixed fees from £395
  • Free, no-obligation consultation
  • Licence to Alter drawings
  • Extensions & loft conversions
  • Planning applications
  • ARB-Registered Architects

Browse by area of practice

Our areas of work

Explore the full library by category, or jump straight to a service.

Architecture & Design

Design-led residential work for houses, flats and period homes, from briefing and feasibility to a fully coordinated design.

6 services

Interior Design

Design-led interiors for London homes and flats — from space planning, joinery and lighting through finishes, FF&E and styling — delivered to a single, coherent vision.

4 services

Extensions & Renovations

Extensions, lofts, basements and whole-house refurbishment, designed for planning, daylight, buildability and value.

7 services

Planning & Consents

Planning applications, pre-application advice, feasibility, permitted development and the consents London projects need.

4 services

Heritage & Conservation

Sensitive design for conservation areas, listed buildings and period homes, with the heritage information consents require.

5 services

Technical & Building Regulations

Building regulations and construction information, coordinating structure, fire, energy and drainage with the right specialists.

2 services

Leasehold & Licence to Alter

Licence to Alter, freeholder consent and party wall coordination for London flats and mansion blocks.

2 services

Project Delivery & Support

A full architectural service, tendering, contract administration and construction-stage support through to completion.

3 services

6 services

Architecture & Design

Design-led residential work for houses, flats and period homes, from briefing and feasibility to a fully coordinated design.

Architecture & Design

Residential Architects

We provide a design-led residential architecture service for houses, flats, townhouses, mews houses and period properties across London — taking a project from first brief through planning and technical design to a building a contractor can price and construct with confidence.

Explore service

Architecture & Design

Flat & Apartment Architects

We design for London flats — apartments, mansion-block flats and lateral conversions — where the challenge is as much about the lease as the layout. We rework space for light and flow and prepare the drawings freeholders, managing agents and building control require.

Explore service

Architecture & Design

New Build House Architects

Designing a one-off house is the most complete thing architecture can offer — a chance to shape every room, sightline and material from a blank plot rather than working around what already exists. We design new-build houses across London, whether on a rare infill plot squeezed between neighbours, a backland site, or the replacement of a tired existing dwelling with something far better. From the first feasibility appraisal through planning, technical design and construction, we hold the whole picture together: the design ambition, the planning strategy that makes it possible, and the buildable detail that lets a contractor price and build it with confidence. The result should feel inevitable — a house that belongs on its plot and rewards the years spent in it.

Explore service

Architecture & Design

Prime London Residential Architects

We work on homes across prime central and prime north London, where borough policy, heritage controls, estate requirements, leases and consultant teams often overlap. This specialist service focuses on navigating those prime-area constraints discreetly from feasibility through approvals and delivery.

Explore service

Architecture & Design

Luxury Home Architects

We design high-specification London homes around proportion, material quality, bespoke detailing and seamlessly integrated services. The aim is a calm luxury that feels permanent — including specialist wellness, leisure and technology briefs where required — and is resolved well enough to build.

Explore service

Architecture & Design

Interior Architecture

Interior architecture is about how space, light and detail work together inside a home — not decoration alone. We plan interiors and design the joinery, stairs and key details that make a refurbishment feel considered, coherent and complete.

Explore service

4 services

Interior Design

Design-led interiors for London homes and flats — from space planning, joinery and lighting through finishes, FF&E and styling — delivered to a single, coherent vision.

Interior Design

Full-Service Interior Design

Our full-service interior design takes a home from first concept to a styled, ready-to-live-in handover — with everything managed under one roof. You appoint a single team to develop the scheme, specify every finish and piece of furniture, place and track the orders, coordinate the trades and installers, and dress the finished rooms down to the last lamp and cushion. For busy London households, and for owners abroad or between homes, this is the least stressful way to reach a genuinely finished interior. We handle the hundreds of decisions and deliveries that a beautiful room quietly depends on, so you walk into a home that is complete rather than a project that is nearly there.

Explore service

Interior Design

Residential Interior Design

Residential interior design is where the whole home comes together — how it looks, how it feels underfoot and to the eye, and how the decoration and furnishing make sense as a single idea rather than a series of separate rooms. We design interiors for London houses and flats across the full picture: layout and flow, colour and materials, joinery direction, lighting, furniture and the finishing layer that makes a home feel resolved — including principal suites, bedrooms, dressing rooms and fitted wardrobes as part of the whole-home scheme. This is our decoration-and-furnishing service — the layer that sits on top of the architecture. Where the fabric of the home is being altered, it works hand in hand with our interior-architecture service, so the built-in and the furnished layers are conceived together rather than colliding on site.

Explore service

Interior Design

FF&E Specification & Procurement

FF&E — furniture, fittings and equipment — is where an interior scheme becomes a home you can live in. Our in-house team specifies, sources and procures every loose element of a project, from sofas, beds and dining tables to lighting, rugs, mirrors and the small accessories that finish a room. We buy at trade across British and European makers, manage lead times and logistics, and coordinate delivery, assembly and installation so nothing lands on site before it is ready. For London clients juggling renovations, second homes and busy lives, we take the whole procurement burden off your desk — one schedule, one point of contact, one accountable budget — and hand back rooms that are complete, considered and ready to enjoy.

Explore service

Interior Design

Kitchen & Bathroom Interior Design

Kitchens and bathrooms are the hardest-working rooms in most London homes and the ones where poor design shows soonest. Our kitchen and bathroom interior design service treats each as a single, coherent scheme rather than a showroom layout with finishes bolted on — bringing together the plan, the cabinetry or sanitaryware, worktops and surfaces, lighting and finishes so they resolve as one idea. We design to how you actually cook, bathe and gather, and to the realities of the room: its light, its proportions, its services and, in a period home, its quirks. The result is a kitchen or bathroom that works as hard as you need it to and looks like part of the home rather than a unit dropped into it.

Explore service

7 services

Extensions & Renovations

Extensions, lofts, basements and whole-house refurbishment, designed for planning, daylight, buildability and value.

Extensions & Renovations

House Extension Architects

We help London homeowners assess, design and prepare drawing packages for residential extensions of every kind — from early feasibility and planning strategy through building regulations to a tender package a contractor can price and build.

Explore service

Extensions & Renovations

Side Return Extension Architects

The side return — the narrow strip of space beside the rear closet wing of a Victorian or Edwardian terrace — is one of the most effective extensions in London. We design side-return extensions that capture that wasted space to create bright, generous kitchen-dining rooms.

Explore service

Extensions & Renovations

Loft Conversion Architects

A loft conversion can add a bedroom, bathroom or studio without extending the footprint. We design loft conversions — dormer, mansard, hip-to-gable and rooflight — and prepare the planning and building regulation drawings, resolving stairs, fire strategy and head height.

Explore service

Extensions & Renovations

Basement Architects

Basements can add significant space on constrained London plots but are among the most technically and politically demanding projects. We design basements and coordinate engineering, waterproofing, party wall and Basement Impact Assessment input where the site and planning authority require it.

Explore service

Extensions & Renovations

House Refurbishment Architects

Whole-house refurbishment is an opportunity to rethink how a home works. We design, plan and detail refurbishment projects for London houses — coordinating approvals, structure, services and technical information so the work is delivered as one coherent project.

Explore service

Extensions & Renovations

Flat Refurbishment Architects

Refurbishing a London flat usually means working within a lease as well as a layout. We design flat reconfigurations and prepare the drawings freeholders, building control and contractors require, resolving acoustic, fire and structural matters between dwellings.

Explore service

Extensions & Renovations

Kitchen Extension Architects

The kitchen extension is the heart of most family-home projects: a bright kitchen-dining-living space that opens to the garden. We design these spaces as architecture and joinery together, coordinating layout, light, ventilation and the connection to the garden.

Explore service

4 services

Planning & Consents

Planning applications, pre-application advice, feasibility, permitted development and the consents London projects need.

Planning & Consents

Planning Application Architects

We advise on the right consent route, assemble the evidence and manage London residential planning applications from submission and validation through case-officer queries and decision. This service covers householder and full applications, listed building consent, condition discharge and amendments; the drawing package itself is explained separately on our planning drawings page.

Explore service

Planning & Consents

Pre-Application Advice Architects

For sensitive or higher-value proposals, we prepare pre-application material and design options to test the planning principle with the local authority before a full application is made — reducing the risk of an outright refusal on schemes where the position is uncertain.

Explore service

Planning & Consents

Planning Drawings

Planning drawings are the core visual evidence in a planning application. They show the existing building, the proposed works and the relationship to the site clearly enough for a local planning authority to validate and assess the proposal. We prepare planning drawing packages for London houses, flats, extensions, lofts, alterations and small developments, aligning the drawings with the correct application route and supporting documents.

Explore service

Planning & Consents

Lawful Development Certificate Architects

A lawful development certificate confirms in writing that proposed works are permitted development, or that existing works are lawful. We prepare the drawings and applications, giving certainty that is often valuable for peace of mind and for a future sale or refinance.

Explore service

5 services

Heritage & Conservation

Sensitive design for conservation areas, listed buildings and period homes, with the heritage information consents require.

Heritage & Conservation

Conservation Area Architects

Many prime London homes sit within conservation areas. We design extensions, refurbishments and alterations that respond to local character — scale, materials, roofscape and front elevations — so proposals are presented with a credible, policy-aware planning case.

Explore service

Heritage & Conservation

Listed Building Architects

Listed buildings require listed building consent for many alterations, inside and out. We prepare significance-led proposals and coordinate the drawings and heritage information these sensitive projects need, designing change that respects what makes a building special.

Explore service

Heritage & Conservation

Listed Building Consent

Listed building consent is required for works that affect the special interest of a listed building — which can include a surprising range of internal and external changes. We advise when consent is needed and prepare the drawings and information an application requires.

Explore service

Heritage & Conservation

Period Property Refurbishment

London’s Georgian, Victorian, Edwardian and interwar homes reward sensitive, knowledgeable design. We upgrade period properties for modern life — better layouts, light and performance — while respecting the original fabric, proportions and character that give them value.

Explore service

Heritage & Conservation

Heritage & Design Access Statements

A heritage statement explains a building’s significance and how a proposal affects it. Listed building and many conservation-area applications require one. We prepare heritage statements in-house and ensure the design and the heritage case support each other.

Explore service

2 services

Technical & Building Regulations

Building regulations and construction information, coordinating structure, fire, energy and drainage with the right specialists.

Technical & Building Regs

Building Regulations Drawings

Planning drawings are rarely enough to build from. We prepare building regulations drawing packages with the technical information building control and contractors need — coordinating structure, fire, drainage, energy and ventilation input from the relevant specialists.

Explore service

Technical & Building Regs

Technical Design & Tender Documentation

A well-prepared tender package helps you compare builders fairly and reduces surprises on site. We produce coordinated technical and tender information — drawings, schedules and an outline specification — for London residential projects.

Explore service

2 services

Leasehold & Licence to Alter

Licence to Alter, freeholder consent and party wall coordination for London flats and mansion blocks.

Leasehold & Licence to Alter

Licence to Alter Packages

Leaseholders altering a London flat usually need freeholder consent under a Licence to Alter. We prepare or coordinate the drawings and information freeholders and managing agents request — structural, acoustic, fire, waterproofing and services — so the application proceeds smoothly.

Explore service

Leasehold & Licence to Alter

Estate, Trust & Freeholder Consents

Many London homes sit within an estate, a trust area or a leasehold structure where alterations need the consent of a freeholder, managing agent, estate office or management company before work can begin. We prepare the clear, complete approval packs these bodies expect, and align them with any Licence to Alter and the planning route.

Explore service

3 services

Project Delivery & Support

A full architectural service, tendering, contract administration and construction-stage support through to completion.

Project Delivery

Full Architectural Service

A full architectural service takes a project from first brief to completion, following the RIBA Plan of Work. We provide continuity, coordination and oversight across every stage — the most reliable way to protect design quality, manage risk and keep a prime London project on track.

Explore service

Project Delivery

Contract Administration

During construction, someone needs to administer the building contract fairly and keep the project on track. We can act as contract administrator on suitable residential projects, confirming our scope, competence and insurance in writing before construction begins.

Explore service

Project Delivery

Construction Stage Architectural Support

Even a well-detailed project raises questions on site. We provide architectural support during construction — answering builder queries, issuing supplementary details and coordinating design decisions — so the quality intended in design survives the build.

Explore service

Where we work

Services across prime London areas

Each area page explains the local property types, planning authority context and conservation considerations that shape how these services apply in that neighbourhood.

North London

Central London

West & South West London

East & South East London

How we work

A clear process from first call to completion

Each stage can be appointed in turn, so commitment stays proportionate to progress.

  1. Strategic definition & brief

    We establish objectives, scope and a clear brief.

  2. Feasibility & concept

    We test what is achievable and develop the design direction.

  3. Planning & consents

    We secure the planning and other consents the project needs.

  4. Technical design

    We produce coordinated building regulations and construction information.

  5. Tender

    We obtain and compare contractor prices on a consistent basis.

  6. Construction & handover

    We support the build, with contract administration where appointed.

Frequently asked questions

How do I know which service I need?

Most projects move through several of these services in sequence — feasibility, design, planning, technical design and construction support. If you are unsure, send us the property and a short description and we will advise the likely route and what is needed first.

Do you offer a full architectural service?

Yes. We can take a project from first brief to completion following the RIBA Plan of Work, or provide focused appointments such as planning-only or building regulations packages.

Which services do you deliver in-house versus coordinate?

We provide architectural design, drawings and coordination in-house, and we prepare heritage statements in-house too, involving specialist heritage consultants for the most complex or highly graded assets. Regulated and specialist input — structural engineering, energy assessment, fire engineering and party wall awards — is provided by appropriate specialists whom we coordinate. We are clear about which applies to each service.

Can you support leasehold flats and Licence to Alter applications?

Yes. We prepare reconfiguration designs, Licence to Alter and freeholder consent drawings, and coordinate the structural, acoustic and fire information freeholders and managing agents require.

Will you guarantee planning permission?

No. The decision rests with the local planning authority. We design to give a proposal the best reasonable prospect and advise honestly on the risks, but approval cannot be guaranteed.

Not sure which service you need?

Send us the property address, type and a short description of the work. We will advise which drawings and approvals are likely to be needed before you commit to a full design package.

Book an Architectural ConsultationSend Project Detailsor call 020 8054 8756
Call 020 8054 8756Send Details