Planning consultants in South Kensington.

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Planning for South Kensington flats, mews and the occasional whole house. Windows, doors and shopfronts get close review here.

Get a cost estimate Call 020 7731 6841

South Kensington, one flat at a time.

SW7: Mostly conservation area
38: Conservation areas in the borough
Mews: The rarer whole house brief

NU Projects is a design and build company in Fulham SW6, founded in 2010. We handle planning applications and appeals in South Kensington SW7, under one contract. Fees are priced per project by our own quantity surveyor, from the actual scope. Call 020 7731 6841, and a budget estimate typically follows within seven days.

South Kensington is stucco terraces of four or five storeys, mostly divided into flats. Mews run behind the main terraces. A whole house is the rarer brief.

Most planning work here begins inside a lease. A new window, a railing or a roof hatch alters the outside. Flats lack permitted development rights, so each needs an application.

The freeholder’s licence usually runs beside the council’s consent. We prepare both packages from one set of drawings. That keeps the lease plan and the planning plan identical.

Nearly three quarters of the borough sits in 38 conservation areas. Here, windows, doors and shopfronts are judged closely. We draw glazing bars, mouldings and paint finishes at full size.

Mews houses raise their own questions, from ground floor openings to roofs. We study the whole mews and its planning history before proposing a change.

What the borough checks in SW7.

Council: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, with a Local Plan dated July 2024.
Conservation areas: Most of SW7 is covered. Windows, doors and shopfronts face close review.
Flats: A flat in a mansion block has no permitted development. Outside work needs planning.
Garden flats: Usually leasehold, so the freeholder must consent alongside the council.
Outline schemes: Not accepted in a conservation area. Every application must be made in full.

Source: Kensington and Chelsea’s conservation areas, and its Local Plan 2024. Read on 25 October 2026. Policies change, so we read them again for your address.