Planning permission in Ealing
Most single-storey rear extensions within the national permitted development limits don't need planning permission in Ealing. The rules are stricter in its 31 conservation areas, where side extensions, two-storey extensions and loft dormers need permission. Check your address to see which rules apply.
Ealing at a glance
- Conservation areas
- 31
- Article 4 areas
- Not published
- Protected landscapes
- None
- Planning decisions
- London Borough of Ealing
How many conservation areas are there in Ealing?
Ealing has 31 conservation areas. In a conservation area, permitted development rights are reduced: side extensions, two-storey extensions, loft dormers and cladding all need planning permission, and many councils add Article 4 directions on top.
- Acton Green
- Acton Park
- Acton Town Centre
- Bedford Park
- Brentham Garden Estate
- Brunswick
- Canalside, northwest part
- Canalside, southeast part
- Canalside, southwest part
- Churchfields
- Creffield
- Cuckoo Estate
- Ealing Common
- Ealing Cricket Ground
- Ealing Green
- Ealing Town Centre
- Grange and White Ledges
- Hanger Hill, Haymills Estate
- Hanger Hill Garden Estate
- Hanwell Cemeteries
- Hanwell Clock Tower
- Hanwell Village Green
- Haven Green
- Mill Hill Park
- Montpelier Park
- Mount Park
- Northolt Village Green
- Norwood Green
- Old Oak Lane
- St Mark's Church and Canal
- St Stephen's
Read more: extensions, loft dormers, garden rooms and solar panels in a conservation area.
Does Ealing have Article 4 directions?
Ealing hasn't published any Article 4 boundaries on planning.data.gov.uk. Most councils have at least one Article 4 direction, often in conservation areas, so check the council's website or ask its planning team before relying on permitted development.
What is an Article 4 direction?
Is any of Ealing in a national park, National Landscape or green belt?
- There is green belt in or bordering Ealing. Householder permitted development rights apply as normal in the green belt, but if you need planning permission, green belt policy limits how much a home can be enlarged.
Listed buildings and protected trees in Ealing
Listed buildings everywhere in England are recorded by Historic England, and the checker looks for them at every address. Ealing doesn't publish listed building outlines, so where a listed building is recorded near an address, we ask the homeowner to check whether it's theirs.
Ealing doesn't publish its tree preservation orders as data. If there are mature trees near your project, ask the council whether any are protected before you start.
What planning data does Ealing publish?
| Data | Status | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Conservation area boundaries | Published | 31 |
| Article 4 direction boundaries | Not published | 0 |
| Listed building outlines | Not published | 0 |
| Tree preservation order areas | Not published | 0 |
| Protected trees | Not published | 0 |
Planning work on a home in Ealing? Put a pin on your house and we'll check it against all of this.
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Data from planning.data.gov.uk, published by London Borough of Ealing and national bodies under the Open Government Licence, last updated here on 30 October 2026. London Borough of Ealing website.