Planning permission in Richmond upon Thames
Most single-storey rear extensions within the national permitted development limits don't need planning permission in Richmond upon Thames. The rules are stricter in its 85 conservation areas, where side extensions, two-storey extensions and loft dormers need permission. Check your address to see which rules apply.
Richmond upon Thames at a glance
- Conservation areas
- 85
- Article 4 areas
- Not published
- Protected landscapes
- None
- Planning decisions
- London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
How many conservation areas are there in Richmond upon Thames?
Richmond upon Thames has 85 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.
- Amyand Park Road
- Barnes Common
- Barnes Green
- Belmont Road
- Beresford Avenue
- Blackmore's Grove
- Broad Street
- Broom Water
- Burlington Avenue and West Park Road
- Bushy Park
- Bushy Park Gardens
- Cambridge Park
- Castelnau
- Central Richmond
- Christ Church Road
- Church Road
- Cole Park Road
- Cowley Road
- Crown Road
- East Sheen Avenue
- Fieldend
- Ham Common
- Ham House
- Hamilton Road
- Hampton Court Green
- Hampton Court Park
- Hampton Village
- Hampton Wick
- Hanworth Road
- High Street Hampton Hill
- High Street Teddington
- Holmesdale Avenue
- Joanna Southcott Chapel
- Kew Foot Road
- Kew Gardens
- Kew Green
- Kew Road
- King Edwards Grove
- Lawn Crescent
- Madrid Road
- Mallard Place
- Mays Road
- Mill Hill
- Model Cottages
- Mortlake
- Mortlake Green
- Normansfield
- Oaklands Estate
- Old Deer Park
- Parkleys Estate
- Park Road (Teddington)
- Petersham
- Platt's Eyot
- Pope's Avenue
- Queen's Road (Mortlake)
- Queen's Road (Twickenham)
- Richmond Green
- Richmond Hill
- Richmond Park
- Richmond Riverside
- Richmond Road (East Twickenham)
- Rosecraft Gardens
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Royal Road
- Ruskin Avenue and part Defoe Avenue
- Sheen Common Drive
- Sheendale Road
- Sheen Lane (East Sheen)
- Sheen Lane (Mortlake)
- Sheen Road
- St James Avenue
- St Margaret's Estate
- St Matthias
- Strawberry Hill Road
- Strawberry Vale
- Teddington Lock
- The Grove
- Thorne Passage
- Trafalgar Road
- Twickenham Green
- Twickenham Park
- Twickenham Riverside
- Waldegrave Park
- White Hart Lane
- Wick Road
Read more: extensions, loft dormers, garden rooms and solar panels in a conservation area.
Does Richmond upon Thames have Article 4 directions?
Richmond upon Thames 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 Richmond upon Thames in a national park, National Landscape or green belt?
- World Heritage Site: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- There is green belt in or bordering Richmond upon Thames. 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 Richmond upon Thames
Listed buildings everywhere in England are recorded by Historic England, and the checker looks for them at every address. Richmond upon Thames 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.
Richmond upon Thames 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 Richmond upon Thames publish?
| Data | Status | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Conservation area boundaries | Published | 85 |
| 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 Richmond upon Thames? 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 Richmond upon Thames and national bodies under the Open Government Licence, last updated here on 30 October 2026. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames website.