Loft conversion drawings in Ealing from £625
From Edwardian terraces in Ealing Common to garden-estate semis in Hanger Hill, we check the roof rules on your street first and then draw the loft.
£625 £475 drawings + £150 survey (£625 total), no VAT to add
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The short answer
An Ealing loft is easy on paper and decided by the street. Some conservation areas, including Bedford Park, have lost roof rights through Article 4 directions. Our fee is £475 drawings + £150 survey (£625 total), no VAT to add, covering the survey, the drawings and submission to Ealing Council; any council application fee is separate.
Loft conversion drawings
from £625
- Drawings
- £475
- Measured survey
- £150
- Total you pay
- £625
- VAT
- None to add
- A measured survey of the roof and the stair below it
- A check of your street against Ealing’s conservation area directions before we draw
- Existing and proposed plans, elevations and a stair section
- The roof-volume calculation behind a certificate or a householder application
- The CIL information form Ealing asks for, filled in for you
- Submission to Ealing, an independent check of every sheet and free redraws until approval
£475 drawings + £150 survey (£625 total). A starting fee: we confirm one fixed figure after checking your address. The council’s own fee, where there is one, is paid to the council.
Get my fixed feeHow an Ealing loft job runs
Street check
We place your house against Ealing’s 30 conservation areas and the six with Article 4 directions that reach roofs, windows and doors.
Survey
We measure the roof and the stair landing, and photograph the front, because the street scene matters in an Ealing conservation area.
Choose the shape
Velux, rear dormer or hip-to-gable are drawn from the same survey with the volume each one uses.
Submit
We send the application with the CIL form, and answer the case officer within the 28 days Ealing allows before it returns a file.
Which Ealing streets have lost roof rights?
Ealing has 30 conservation areas, and several carry directions that go beyond a typical London borough. Bedford Park’s direction removes the rights for roof additions and alterations, along with extensions, porches and outbuildings. In Churchfields, around Half Acre Road, the direction is about roof additions and alterations in particular.
For example, a rear dormer that comes under Class B in many Ealing streets needs planning permission in Bedford Park, where the street scene is part of what the council weighs. The garden estates at Brentham and Hanger Hill are controlled down to windows and doors. Your Ealing loft starts with this map, not with the drawings.
What Ealing asks you to send, and what it does not
Ealing publishes no local validation list. The national requirements apply, with a design and access statement where one is needed and the CIL form. That makes validation simpler than in many boroughs, but the council is strict about time: it aims to validate within 5 to 10 working days and, if information it asks for does not arrive within 28 days, it returns the application and charges £45.
The council’s Residential Extensions SPD 4 is still used as interim guidance, and it is the document a case officer will hold a dormer up against. We draw the stair, the dormer width and the set-back from the eaves with it open beside us.
Timing and CIL in Ealing
Ealing says most applications are decided within eight weeks. We cannot promise a date, but a clean pack is the surest way to stay inside that.
Ealing began charging its own CIL on 1 March 2026, at £300 a square metre in Central Ealing and half that rate in the rest of the borough, indexed each year. Regulation 42 exempts new-build floor area under 100 square metres where no dwelling is created, so a normal loft sits outside it. Mayoral CIL, in band 2, follows the same liability rule.
Loft conversions in Ealing in numbers
407 of 424
Householder decisions by Ealing Council between July 2025 and June 2026 (prior approvals left out) that were made inside 8 weeks.
Source: MHCLG live table PS2, district planning application statistics, July 2025 to June 2026 (GOV.UK)
30
Conservation areas in Ealing, six of them with Article 4 directions that reach down to windows and doors.
None
Ealing publishes no local validation list: the national requirements apply, plus a design and access statement where required and the CIL form.
28 days
How long an applicant has to supply requested information before Ealing returns the application and charges £45.
Source: Planning application process: validation and returned applications (Ealing Council)
8 weeks
The period within which Ealing says most applications are decided.
Source: Planning application process: deciding (Ealing Council)
£300
Borough CIL per square metre for residential development in Central Ealing from 1 March 2026; the rest of the borough pays half.
Source: London Borough of Ealing CIL Charging Schedule, from 1 March 2026 (Ealing Council)
£72.73
Mayoral CIL per square metre for permissions granted in 2026 in Ealing, which is in band 2 (£60 when set in 2019). It applies only where CIL is due at all.
Source: Mayoral CIL: Annual CIL Rate Summary 2026 (London.gov.uk)
40 m³ / 50 m³
The roof-space limit for a terraced house and for any other house under Class B.
Source: GPDO 2015, Schedule 2, Part 1, Class B: roof additions (legislation.gov.uk)
100 m²
New-build floor area below which CIL does not arise unless the work creates a dwelling.
Source: CIL Regulations 2010, regulation 42: exemption for minor development (legislation.gov.uk)
Questions about loft conversions in Ealing
My house is in Bedford Park. Can I still have a loft?
Often yes, but with planning permission, because the direction removes the permitted development right for roof alterations. We draw it as a householder application and design the dormer with the street scene in mind.
Why does Ealing return applications after 28 days?
It is the council’s process: if requested information is not supplied in 28 days the file is returned with a £45 charge. A complete pack at the outset avoids that.
Does Ealing’s new CIL affect a loft?
Not a normal one. CIL arises only at 100 square metres of new build or more, or where a dwelling is created.
Check your Ealing street before you plan the loft
Send the address and a photo of the back of the house. We reply with the route and a fixed fee, from £475 drawings + £150 survey (£625 total).