Victorian London terraced house with modern glass and brick rear extension at golden hour
5-Star Rated London Planning & Design Studio
Serving Wandsworth · Balham, Clapham, Tooting

Specialist Home Extension & Loft Architects in Wandsworth

Planning permission drawings, 3D laser survey and council submission for Wandsworth homeowners — delivered within 5 business days of our site visit. Book a free 15-minute call and we'll walk you through exactly what's possible on your property.

Navigating Wandsworth Borough Council planning frameworks, permitted development rights, and conservation zones since day one. Local insight on Article 4 areas, party-wall practice and committee-decision patterns specific to Wandsworth.

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5 Business Days
Plans delivered after site visit
45 Min
On-site laser scan
5-Star Rated
London planning & design studio
3,000+
London projects in our DNA
Areas covered in Wandsworth
BalhamClaphamTooting
Editor's note · Insider brief

We Fixed The Planning Process

Before launching Hatch, we built one of London's largest platforms connecting over 3,000 homeowners a year with traditional planning consultants — from Wandsworth to Hackney, Camden to Greenwich. We looked under the hood and found a broken, archaic industry.

High-street practices try to act as their own marketing team, finance director and sales rep. You pay for that overhead through inflated fees and a 6-week wait before a single line is drawn.

So we rebuilt the process from the ground up. Those 3,000+ projects taught us every council quirk — including Wandsworth Borough Council, every refusal pattern, every terrace detail in the city — and we engineered a repeatable workflow around them. Your completed planning permission drawings delivered within 5 business days of our site visit. Floor plans are still bespoke to your home. The workflow is what's productised, not the design.

Aerial view over London terraced rooftops, chimney pots and rear garden extensions
A faster, smarter way to plan
Your completed planning permission drawings delivered within 5 business days of our site visit.

3D laser survey, CAD drawings and Planning Portal submission — all handled by a 5-star rated London studio.

The London planning & drawings market hasn't moved in 20 years. We rebuilt it from scratch.

Honest, line-by-line comparison versus how planning normally gets done in London.

Service MetricThe Old Way
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Site Survey2 hours of manual, error-prone tape measuring — or a camera scan with a 2-week lag45-Min Precision 3D Laser Cloud Scan
Turnaround Time4–8 weeks for initial concept ideas, stuck in high-street or corporate queuesPlans within 5 business days of site visit
Design ProcessReinventing the wheel on every property, or multi-stage consultative back-and-forthPre-mapped London terrace archetypes
Pricing ModelPercentage of build cost or opaque corporate packages — always unpredictableTransparent fixed-fee studio pricing
Planning SubmissionYou chase the agent for weeks, or it lands in a generic national portalLodged directly with your LPA on Planning Portal
Recent Wandsworth approvals

Victorian side-return extension — a Wandsworth speciality

The victorian side-return extension is the project we draft most often for homeowners in Balham, Clapham, Tooting. Below: the archetype card, alongside the rest of the London playbook.

Victorian side-return extension in Wandsworth — proposed planning drawings
Featured · Side Return

Victorian side-return extension

Recent successful planning approval in Balham, Clapham, Tooting. Drawn, submitted to Wandsworth Borough Council and approved — the playbook we now run on every Wandsworth terrace.

Rear Extension — photo alongside proposed planning drawings
Rear Extension
Open the back of your house onto the garden

Single-storey rear extension with bi-fold or sliding doors — the most common London project.

Side Return — photo alongside proposed planning drawings
Side Return
Reclaim the dead alley down the side

Glass-roofed infill that turns a narrow Victorian side passage into a full-width kitchen.

Loft Conversion — photo alongside proposed planning drawings
Loft Conversion
An extra bedroom and bathroom in the roof

Rear dormer or L-shape dormer loft — adds the most value per pound on a London terrace.

Wrap-Around (Side Return + Rear) — photo alongside proposed planning drawings
Wrap-Around (Side Return + Rear)
Side return and rear extension combined

L-shaped extension that maximises ground-floor footprint right out to the garden boundary.

Rear Extension + Loft — photo alongside proposed planning drawings
Rear Extension + Loft
Ground floor and loft, one application

Whole-house transformation drawn and submitted together — kitchen below, bedroom above.

How It Works

Five simple steps from your first enquiry to a submitted planning application.

Step 101

Book Free Call

Claim your free 15-minute planning feasibility consultation.

Step 202

Speak With a Specialist

Discuss your plans and get a transparent quote — no hidden fees.

Step 303

Site Visit

Our surveyor visits your property to capture every detail.

Step 404

Plans Delivered

Your planning permission drawings and floor plans delivered within 5 business days of our site visit.

Step 505

Submitted to Council

We lodge your application with Wandsworth Borough Council for permission — normally decided within 8 weeks.

Book a 15-minute call with a Wandsworth specialist.

We'll come having already researched your property and your planning goals — and tell you straight what we think. No pitch, no obligation.

Greater London only · Excludes listed buildings, conservation area restrictions & basements