Builders in Pitshanger & Brentham

Pitshanger Village is centred on the shops of Pitshanger Lane, about a mile north of Ealing Broadway, with Pitshanger Park nearby. It is often taken to include parts of Brentham Garden Suburb, the first garden suburb in London built on co-partnership principles. Mostly built between 1901 and 1915, Brentham predates the better-known Hampstead Garden Suburb, and it became a conservation area in 1969.

Towards Hanger Lane, the Hanger Hill Garden Estate (Queens Drive, Links Road, Monks Drive and Princes Gardens) was built between 1928 and 1936 to designs by the architects Douglas Smith and Barley, and became a conservation area in 1969. The Haymills Estate to the north, with Tudor Revival, Neo-Georgian and Moderne houses laid out in crescents, became a separate conservation area in 1996.

In the 2021 Census, 50% of households in the Pitshanger and North Ealing statistical areas lived in houses: 23% terraced, 16% semi-detached and 11% detached. Median semi-detached prices were about £970,000 to £1.09 million in the year to March 2026.

Brentham Garden Estate, Hanger Hill Garden Estate and Hanger Hill (Haymills) Estate are three of the six Ealing conservation areas with Article 4 directions. The council says that in most of these areas, planning permission is needed for all residential extensions and minor alterations, porches, exterior painting, boundaries, vehicle access and hardstandings. On the Haymills Estate, the restrictions apply to parts visible from the road and include outbuildings at the rear.

That means even small changes, such as repainting the outside or replacing a front gate, can need an application here, so we confirm the position before quoting. Montpelier Park is another conservation area in W5. On streets outside these areas, Ealing's SPD 4 guidance applies.