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Free Wandsworth 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 Wandsworth
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 Wandsworth. Confirm the authority for your address if you are close to a boundary or the area has changed council.
- Wandsworth official website and planning information
- Search Wandsworth planning applications and decision notices
- Wandsworth planning authority boundary and source
- Find the planning authority for your postcode
We have not verified every local restriction for every address in Wandsworth. Confirm property-specific details against the authority's current records before relying on permitted development.
Our Wandsworth archive contains 12,621 classified home project decision records. Explore Wandsworth 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 Wandsworth
Wandsworth lists conservation-area Article 4 directions separately from change-of-use directions. Areas listed include the Dover House Estate, Heaver Estate and Wandsworth Common; a direction may cover only part of an area and specified works, so read its map and wording alongside the relevant appraisal.
- Wandsworth Article 4 directions
- Wandsworth conservation area appraisals and maps
- Wandsworth application requirements and validation checklist
- Wandsworth adopted Local Plan and 2026 Partial Review
Sources reviewed . Check the source maps, wording and effective dates against your property and proposed work.
An Article 4 direction changes the route, not necessarily the outcome
Wandsworth lists affected areas including Heaver Estate, Dover House Estate and Wandsworth Common. Directions can cover only part of an area and specified alterations. Check the relevant schedule and appraisal: the council explains that a direction requires a planning application for the covered work rather than automatically prohibiting it. 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.
17 Hereward Road: rear depth was not the only PD test
2025/4535 · Register records prior approval refused, 23 January 2026
The council recorded that the proposal extended beyond an original side wall and exceeded half the width of the original house, failing the cited Class A side-extension limitation. It therefore did not qualify through the submitted prior-approval route.
What to check: Check the original house footprint and every relevant limitation, including side width. This refusal concerns that PD route; it is not a decision that a full planning application for the site could never succeed.
Read the planning register entry · Read the council refusal reasons
Related guidance: Rear extensions · Side extensions · Prior approval
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.