
Planning consultants in South West London.
Chelsea · SW3 · Chelsea townhouse, opened up and fitted outCase study
Drawings, statements and negotiation for SW homeowners. Each application is shaped by the people who will later build it.
Three town halls, one planning team.
- Three town halls
- One planning team for all of them
- Full applications
- Outline is refused in conservation areas
- After consent
- Conditions discharged before site starts
NU Projects is a design and build company in Fulham SW6, founded in 2010. We handle planning applications and appeals in South West London SW, 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.
Planning across the SW postcodes means three separate town halls. Kensington and Chelsea handles most streets, Hammersmith and Fulham the west. Westminster decides for the Belgravia squares.
We begin with a feasibility check against the right local plan. Heritage status, roofline history and neighbouring precedents are all researched. Only then do drawings start.
Officers respond better to complete, well evidenced submissions. Heritage statements and construction traffic plans go in with the drawings.
Approval opens the next stage. Pre-commencement conditions get discharged promptly. Building control then works from identical drawings.
Policies officers weigh across SW London.
- Council
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea for Chelsea and South Kensington. Hammersmith and Fulham for Fulham.
- Roofs
- Policy CD12 resists extra storeys on terraces with complete, unaltered rooflines.
- Basements
- Policy CD11. One storey, and no digging beneath a listed building.
- Divided houses
- HO1 rules out merging existing self-contained flats.
- Mansion blocks
- No householder rights. External change means an application.
- Outline schemes
- Not accepted in a conservation area. Every application must be made in full.
Source: Kensington and Chelsea’s Local Plan 2024, Policies HO1 and CD4 to CD13. Read on 7 October 2026. Policies change, so we read them again for your address.
Schemes consented in South West London.

Chelsea·Townhouse
Chelsea townhouse, opened up and fitted out
A Chelsea townhouse, SW3, opened up under new steels after consent.
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Fulham·New build
Fulham, four new-build houses with basements
Four new houses with basements, around a courtyard in Fulham, SW6.
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What planning costs in South West London.
Each SW application is priced from its own scope.
Our quantity surveyor sets the fee out in writing before you commit.
What South West London owners ask about planning.
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- Belgravia
Further reading, from the blog
Which town hall decides an application for my SW home?
Kensington and Chelsea covers Chelsea, South Kensington and Earl’s Court.
Fulham sits with Hammersmith and Fulham, Belgravia with Westminster.
Can a mansard be won on an intact Chelsea roofline?
Rarely. Policy CD12 resists extra storeys on unaltered terraces.
Rows already broken by roof additions stand a better chance.
Are outline applications accepted in SW conservation areas?
No. Kensington and Chelsea insists on full applications there.
What follows once consent arrives?
Pre-commencement conditions are discharged first.
Party wall notices and building control then proceed from matching drawings.
Will Kensington and Chelsea let me merge flats into a single house?
Generally not. Policy HO1 rules out merging existing self-contained homes.
See it builtNear South West London
See it built.
Finished homes, designed, priced and built by NU.

Kensington · W8 New build
Kensington new-build houses
Two new-build houses with triple basements, built under one contract.
Case study

Knightsbridge · SW1 Apartment
Knightsbridge apartment
A lateral apartment stripped back and rebuilt to a high specification.
Case study

Marylebone · W1 Apartment
Marylebone listed apartment
A modern marble kitchen, set inside Georgian rooms.
Case study
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