MEP services in St John’s Wood.

North London · N2 · North London house, reconfigured and fitted outCompleted work, photograph

St John’s Wood villas are family houses with gardens. That gives room for heat pumps, plant rooms and proper controls.

A villa, and room for plant.

NW8: Detached and semi-detached stucco villas
1967: Conservation area designated
Policy 43: Reuse is the priority

NU Projects is a design and build company in Fulham SW6, founded in 2010. We handle mechanical, electrical and plumbing in St John’s Wood NW8, under one contract. MEP is priced from the drawings, after a survey of what is there. Call 020 7731 6841, and a budget estimate typically follows within seven days.

St John’s Wood is villas, detached and semi-detached, with real gardens. Mansion blocks sit closer to the main roads. Families live in whole houses here more than flats.

A detached villa may have two heat pump units under Class G. Part of St John’s Wood is conservation area, designated in 1967. There, a unit may not face a road.

Basements are realistic here, and often hold the plant. Policy 50 allows one storey below the lowest original floor. Westminster’s Code of Construction Practice then applies to the scheme.

Policy 43 makes reusing a building the priority. Upgrading heating and controls keeps a villa in use. Smart controls are agreed early, then wired before first fix.

What the council allows in St John’s Wood.

Council: City of Westminster, not Camden. Its City Plan was revised in January 2026.
Retrofit first: Policy 43 makes reuse the priority. It is supported in principle.
Character: Policy 44 asks work to preserve or enhance the conservation area, designated in 1967.
Heat pumps: Class G allows two outdoor units on a detached house.
Basement plant: The Code of Construction Practice applies to every basement scheme.

Source: Westminster’s City Plan, January 2026 edition, Policies 43, 44 and 50. Read on 5 October 2026. Policies change, so we read them again for your address.