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Free Richmond upon Thames 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 Richmond upon Thames
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 Richmond upon Thames. Confirm the authority for your address if you are close to a boundary or the area has changed council.
- Richmond upon Thames official website and planning information
- Search Richmond upon Thames planning applications and decision notices
- Richmond upon Thames planning authority boundary and source
- Find the planning authority for your postcode
We have not verified every local restriction for every address in Richmond upon Thames. Confirm property-specific details against the authority's current records before relying on permitted development.
Our Richmond upon Thames archive contains 13,388 classified home project decision records. Explore Richmond upon Thames 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 Richmond upon Thames
Richmond separates basement and subterranean directions, commercial changes of use and conservation-area directions. Its conservation register links individual notices and maps for streets and groups of houses. Check the property's entry and the precise works covered before relying on a general permitted development allowance.
- Richmond Article 4 directions by development type
- Richmond conservation-area directions and street maps
- Richmond conservation areas and appraisals
- Richmond application validation and decision process
Sources reviewed . Check the source maps, wording and effective dates against your property and proposed work.
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.
28c Priory Road: a large dormer accepted in its unusual roof context
PA25/3540 · Appeal 6002701 · Appeal allowed with conditions, 16 March 2026
The inspector granted permission for a roof infill, rear dormer and front windows. Although the dormer was bulky, it sat below the eaves of taller neighbours; the infill stayed within the ridge height and was not readily visible from the street. Matching external materials were required.
What to check: Show the unusual roof form and the surrounding heights. This was a planning-permission appeal judged on design under the Local Plan 2025, not a lawful development certificate or a general PD allowance for large dormers.
Read the appeal decision (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.