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Free Hammersmith and Fulham permitted development checker
Could your home project use permitted development? Start with your full address and tell us what you want to build.
You do not need to know the planning route before you start. The check uses available public records and your project details to provide guidance, not a council decision.
About the planning data
Checked against 20.6 million UK planning applications on file across 420 planning authorities. Approval rates from 2,343,419 decisions we classified across 181 councils in England.
What are you checking?
Whether your proposed work may qualify for permitted development, needs a prior approval process or requires a planning application. The property and the complete proposal matter, including earlier additions and conditions on previous permissions.
Read how prior approval works and how planning timescales differ by route.
A postcode locates an area; it cannot establish rights for a particular house. Use your full property address in the checker.
Find guidance for your project
- Rear extensions and larger home extensions
- Side and wraparound extensions
- Loft conversions and dormers
- Garden rooms and outbuildings
- Garage conversions
- Porches
- Two-storey extensions
- Basements
For development beyond a home improvement, read our new build and change of use guides. Those projects have different eligibility tests and need a project-specific assessment.
Local checks in Hammersmith and Fulham
Check the wording, map and effective date of any Article 4 direction, the property's planning conditions and whether designated land affects the relevant right. A restriction on one type of work does not automatically prohibit every alteration.
Use these resources for Hammersmith and Fulham. Confirm the authority for your address if you are close to a boundary or the area has changed council.
- Hammersmith and Fulham official website and planning information
- Search Hammersmith and Fulham planning applications and decision notices
- Hammersmith and Fulham planning authority boundary and source
- Find the planning authority for your postcode
We have not verified every local restriction for every address in Hammersmith and Fulham. Confirm property-specific details against the authority's current records before relying on permitted development.
Our Hammersmith and Fulham archive contains 9,505 classified home project decision records. Explore Hammersmith and Fulham decisions by project type. These records mix application routes: an approval rate is not a permitted development eligibility score. See the coverage and methodology.
Permitted development restrictions in Hammersmith and Fulham
Hammersmith & Fulham's basement Article 4 direction took effect on 26 April 2018. It covers the borough except the area designated to the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation. Separate property-specific directions restrict certain alterations, especially in conservation areas. Read the direction and map for the address and work.
- Hammersmith & Fulham basement direction and boundary map
- Hammersmith & Fulham property-specific Article 4 directions
- Hammersmith & Fulham adopted Planning Guidance SPD
- Hammersmith & Fulham conservation and design guidance
Sources reviewed . Check the source maps, wording and effective dates against your property and proposed work.
Check the planning authority boundary for basement work
The basement direction expressly excludes the OPDC area. Do not treat that exclusion as confirmation that basement works are permitted development there: establish the responsible authority and the controls applying to the property. Read the council guidance.
What reviewed local decisions show
These examples use official planning records. Each identifies the decision date and links to the evidence reviewed. They are not Planning Approvals projects or a prediction for another property.
Hazel House: a roof extension with privacy and acoustic controls
2024/03159/FUL · Committee authorised conditional grant subject to a legal agreement, 8 July 2025
The scheme added a studio flat and rear terrace to an existing block. The officer report assessed privacy screens, the relationship to neighbouring flats and acoustic insulation. The committee authorised a grant subject to conditions and completion of a satisfactory legal agreement.
What to check: Include the proposed use and terrace impacts, not just the roof volume. This was a full application creating a flat, not a householder PD certificate; the committee resolution alone did not establish an issued permission.
Read the committee decision · Read the officer report (PDF)
Related guidance: Loft conversions and PD
Check the planning register for the issued notice, exact conditions and any later appeal or revised application. A committee resolution is not a substitute for those documents.
Certificate records to investigate
We do not have a suitable certificate excerpt to display here. Use the council register to look up your address and comparable projects.
A certificate concerns the lawfulness of the scheme described. Another property's certificate does not establish your permitted development rights. Read the archive's coverage and limitations.
Do you need a permitted development certificate?
A proposed lawful development certificate gives formal confirmation that the development described is lawful. It is optional and is different from prior approval or a planning application. Read our lawful development certificate guide.
The free check does not grant permission or replace a certificate. Check official certificate guidance and the government's explanation of planning routes.