# Builders in Ealing

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> Extensions, loft conversions and renovations in Ealing and Hanwell for Victorian, Edwardian and interwar houses, with Ealing's SPD 4 guidance explained.

We carry out extensions, loft conversions and renovations in Ealing, concentrating on the Victorian, Edwardian and interwar houses of Ealing Broadway, West Ealing, Northfields, Pitshanger, Hanwell and Acton.

The London Borough of Ealing stretches from Acton to Southall and Northolt, but this guide concentrates on the older residential areas around Ealing Broadway, West Ealing, Northfields, Pitshanger, Hanwell and Acton. These grew with the Great Western Railway, which opened Hanwell station in 1838, and later suburban lines, leaving streets of Victorian and Edwardian terraces and semis alongside interwar estates.

At the 2021 Census, 50% of Ealing's 133,700 households lived in houses, with a notably high share of terraced houses \(23%\) compared with semi-detached \(22%\) and detached \(5%\). Terraced houses with rear outriggers are well suited to side-return extensions and L-shaped loft conversions.

Typical projects are side-return and rear extensions on terraces, rear dormer loft conversions, and renovations of period houses that keep their original features.

Ealing Council still applies its Residential Extensions SPD \(SPD 4\) as [interim guidance](https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201162/planning_policy/602/supplementary_planning_guidance_and_documents/2) while replacement guidance is prepared. It is more cautious than neighbouring boroughs in several ways. In most cases it expects single-storey rear extensions to be about 3 metres deep and 3 metres high, it normally refuses hip-to-gable roof changes on semi-detached and terraced houses where planning permission is required, and it says mansard roof extensions that change the roof slope will not usually be acceptable. More detail is on our [Ealing extensions](https://mirion.uk/areas/ealing/extensions/) and [Ealing loft conversions](https://mirion.uk/areas/ealing/loft-conversions/) pages.

Ealing has many conservation areas. In Hanwell alone there are six, including Hanwell Clock Tower, Hanwell Village Green and Churchfields, and permitted development rights for roof enlargements and side extensions do not apply inside them.

Building work in Ealing: common questions

Will Ealing approve a hip-to-gable loft conversion?

If planning permission is needed, Ealing's SPD 4 says a hip-to-gable change on a semi-detached or terraced house will normally be refused. Many such conversions are built under permitted development instead, outside conservation areas and where rights haven't been removed.

How deep can a rear extension be in Ealing?

Ealing's SPD 4 says that in most cases a single-storey rear extension up to 3 metres deep and 3 metres high will be acceptable, if the house hasn't been extended before and lines up with its neighbour. Detached houses, or houses with a wider gap to the neighbour, may allow more.

Which parts of Ealing do you cover?

We concentrate on Ealing Broadway and Ealing Common, West Ealing, Northfields and South Ealing, Pitshanger and Brentham, Hanwell, and Acton including Bedford Park.

- Local planning authority: London Borough of Ealing
- Postcode districts: W3, W4, W5, W7, W13
- Work Mirion has carried out here: Extensions, loft conversions and renovations

## Pages

- [House extensions in Ealing](https://mirion.uk/areas/ealing/extensions/index.md): Rear, side-return and side extensions in Ealing under the council's SPD 4: typical depths and heights, set-backs, roofs and conservation area limits.
- [Loft conversions in Ealing](https://mirion.uk/areas/ealing/loft-conversions/index.md): Loft conversions in Ealing: rear dormers, and the council's stricter stance on hip-to-gable and mansard roofs, with permitted development explained.
- [Home renovations in Ealing](https://mirion.uk/areas/ealing/renovations/index.md): Renovating Victorian, Edwardian and interwar houses in Ealing and Hanwell: layouts, services, period features and conservation area considerations.
- [Builders in Ealing Broadway](https://mirion.uk/areas/ealing/ealing-broadway/index.md): Renovations, extensions and loft conversions around Ealing Broadway, Haven Green and Ealing Common, W5, with Ealing's conservation areas and Article 4 rules.
- [Builders in West Ealing](https://mirion.uk/areas/ealing/west-ealing/index.md): Loft conversions, side-return extensions and renovations for Victorian terraces and 1920s homes in West Ealing, W13, with Ealing's SPD 4 and conservation rules.
- [Builders in Northfields & South Ealing](https://mirion.uk/areas/ealing/northfields/index.md): Extensions, loft conversions and renovations for Edwardian terraces in Northfields and South Ealing, W5 and W13, with local housing figures and planning rules.
- [Builders in Pitshanger & Brentham](https://mirion.uk/areas/ealing/pitshanger/index.md): Renovations, extensions and loft conversions in Pitshanger, Brentham Garden Suburb and North Ealing, W5, including the Article 4 rules on these estates.
- [Builders in Hanwell](https://mirion.uk/areas/ealing/hanwell/index.md): Side-return extensions, loft conversions and renovations for Victorian and Edwardian houses in Hanwell, W7, plus its six conservation areas explained.
- [Builders in Acton](https://mirion.uk/areas/ealing/acton/index.md): Extensions, loft conversions and renovations in Acton and Bedford Park, W3 and W4, including listed houses, Article 4 rules and Ealing's conservation areas.