Hammersmith and Fulham Local Plan: adopted policies and emerging plans
The February 2018 Local Plan remains the borough policy starting point outside the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation area. A replacement reached Regulation 18 consultation in late 2025. The OPDC boundary is the first check for a northern-borough site: its separate adopted plan must not be confused with the council plan.
- Area
- London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, England
- Official sources checked
- Profile updated
- Review status
- AI-assisted source check. Professional planning review not completed.
Check the planning authority first
Hammersmith & Fulham Council is the borough planning authority, but the Local Development Scheme excludes the OPDC area from its Local Plan coverage. Confirm the red-line site against the corporation boundary before choosing the policy bundle or submission destination.
The GLA directory lists the borough and OPDC separately. An Old Oak postal address, regeneration label or cross-borough masterplan is not enough to establish who determines a particular application. Use the OPDC planning-applications route for that boundary enquiry.
Adopted development-plan documents
Read the relevant policy wording and map together. An unverified date is a gap in this profile, not a finding that a document has no legal effect.
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London Plan 2021
Adopted. March 2021 published plan.
London-wide strategic policies; the current GLA page labels the March 2021 published plan adopted.
Plan period and recorded dates
- Plan period
- Not verified
- Adopted or made
- Exact date not verified
- Separate effective date
- Not verified
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Hammersmith & Fulham Local Plan
Adopted. February 2018.
Borough strategy, regeneration areas, development-management policies and site proposals. The council scheme expressly excludes land within the Old Oak and Park Royal Mayoral Development Corporation. Exact adoption day and a separate commencement day are not verified in this profile.
Plan period and recorded dates
- Plan period
- To 2035
- Adopted or made
- Exact date not verified
- Separate effective date
- Not verified
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OPDC Local Plan
Adopted. June 2022 adopted plan.
Adopted .
Separate planning framework for the development-corporation area, focused on Old Oak Common station and surrounding regeneration. Use the corporation’s adopted policies map and its application-routing guidance where the site falls within that boundary.
Plan period and recorded dates
- Plan period
- Not verified
- Adopted or made
- Separate effective date
- Not verified
Policies maps and site boundaries
The 2024-2027 scheme identifies the adopted Policies Map as February 2018. It describes protected land and heritage areas, regeneration sites, town centres, opportunity areas, the Thames Policy Area and transport proposals.
The main council Local Plan webpage returned a JavaScript verification screen during this check. The map itself has not been operated at parcel level; obtain the adopted map from the council and keep the Regulation 18 consultation map separately labelled.
Emerging plans and examination progress
The dedicated consultation page, last updated 23 March 2026, records representations on the draft between 29 October and 10 December 2025. Those are completed engagement dates. No later borough adoption notice was identified in the sources checked.
The older scheme contains projected 2026 submission and 2027 adoption milestones. They are programme assumptions, not proof those steps occurred. Reopen the council review page for a later Regulation 19 notice or revised timetable.
OPDC also links a Local Plan Interim Timetable for its own review and the emerging West London Waste Plan. That is a separate plan-making process; the 2022 OPDC plan is still described as adopted.
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Replacement Hammersmith & Fulham Local Plan
Emerging. Regulation 18 draft consulted on October-December 2025.
First draft of the replacement borough plan, covering four regeneration areas and proposed housing, economy, climate, design, open-space, river and transport policies. The consultation page records closure, not submission or adoption.
Plan period and recorded dates
- Plan period
- Not verified
- Adopted or made
- Not adopted in checked sources
- Separate effective date
- Not verified
Published milestones and events
Regulation 18 consultation opened
Council consultation on the first replacement-plan draft began.
Regulation 18 consultation closed
The council now says no further submissions are accepted for this stage.
Check the official programme before attending a hearing or relying on a deadline. A consultation, hearing or inspector's report is distinct from adoption. This page is a checked snapshot, not a live calendar.
Local design and supporting guidance
For an extension, basement or altered shopfront, identify the relevant Planning Guidance SPD section before fixing dimensions and materials. Conservation-area guidelines explain the local heritage context; they should be checked for the actual street.
For riverside or historic sites, the design page highlights listed buildings, archaeology and registered parks and gardens. Its older use-class and permitted-development references need checking against current rules before relying on an exemption.
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Planning Guidance SPD
Supporting guidance. Listed on council urban-design register.
Design guidance includes basement excavation, lightwells, shopfronts and shop signs, plus conservation-area design guidelines. Exact edition and adoption date of the downloadable SPD require confirmation before citing a detailed standard.
Plan period and recorded dates
- Plan period
- Not verified
- Adopted or made
- Exact date not verified
- Separate effective date
- Not verified
Design guidance does not establish that work is permitted development. Check the national rules, planning conditions and any relevant local restrictions.
What to do for your property
- Resolve the OPDC boundary and application route first.
- Obtain a dated adopted-map extract and cross-reference the specific regeneration or site policy.
- Check whether a later Regulation 19 notice has appeared after the closed Regulation 18 consultation.
- Ask the council for the current SPD download if its website continues to block access.
Keep the document versions, maps and date of your check with your project notes. A boundary, policy conflict or transition may need assessment by the relevant authority or a suitably qualified planning professional.
Sources, review and changes
These AI-assisted checks cover published document identity, status, dates and links. They do not decide how policy applies to an individual site, and professional planning review has not been completed.
Source-check dates describe when we inspected the source. They do not renew automatically when the website is rebuilt. We link to official documents without claiming a licence over them or republishing them.
Official source register (8 sources)
- Hammersmith & Fulham Local Plan 2018
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. February 2018 published plan; downloaded official PDF. Checked .
- Local Development Scheme 2024-2027
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. 2024-2027 scheme; adopted plan and February 2018 policies-map schedule. Checked .
- Local Plan Regulation 18 consultation
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. Page updated 23 March 2026; consultation closed 10 December 2025. Checked .
- Urban design and conservation
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. Current downloaded guidance page; Planning Guidance SPD and conservation-area guidance. Checked .
- OPDC Local Plan
Greater London Authority. Adopted 22 June 2022; separate interim review timetable linked. Checked .
- OPDC planning applications
Greater London Authority. Current application routing for land within the OPDC boundary. Checked .
- London Plan 2021 adopted status
Greater London Authority. Publication status Adopted; publication date 1 March 2021. Checked .
- London's planning authorities
Greater London Authority. Current official planning-authority directory; borough and OPDC entries. Checked .
First published . Recorded adopted and emerging documents, source dates and stated gaps.
Report a correction with this page and an official source link.