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Renovations in Hendon

Georgian terraces, Victorian cottages and flats above shops

Hendon’s homes range from the Georgian and Victorian terraces of The Burroughs and the cottages of Church End to flats above shops and later suburban housing. Whichever you own, let the building lead the plans for your house, flat or bathroom: record how it was constructed and later altered, and find out which consents its address brings before any design is fixed.

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Choose a focused room renovation or a coordinated refurbishment. Each service page explains the scope in more detail and gives you a direct route to discuss the work.

01 Terraces, cottages and suburban houses

House refurbishment in Hendon

Whether your Hendon house is a Victorian terraced house on The Burroughs, a roughcast cottage at Church End or a later suburban house, start with a measured survey of what survives, such as timber sashes, slate or clay-tiled roofs and chimney stacks, and what later owners altered. Our architects then prepare one set of drawings for layouts, heating, wiring, insulation and bathrooms, with any window, roof or boundary change checked against Barnet’s conservation maps and Article 4 records first.

  • Survey of original fabric and later changes
  • Conservation map and Article 4 checked for the address
  • Window, roof and boundary changes priced separately
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02 Flats above shops and offices

Flat renovation in Hendon

The 2012 appraisal for The Burroughs found many of its shops and offices with flats above, and Nos. 43 and 45 with commercial premises at ground floor and homes above, so a Hendon flat may share structure, drains and an entrance with a business as well as with neighbours. Start with the lease: depending on its terms, the freeholder’s permission may be needed for any alteration, even once planning permission or Building Regulations approval is in place.

  • Lease terms on alterations checked first
  • Freeholder or managing agent identified
  • Shared drains, risers and entrance mapped
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03 Terrace, cottage and flat bathrooms

Bathroom renovation in Hendon

A standalone bathroom renovation is welcome work for us, be it a family bathroom in a Victorian terraced house, the only bathroom of a flat over a shop or an en-suite in a later house. GOV.UK lists new bathroom plumbing and changes to electrics near a bath or shower among work that can need Building Regulations approval. Check the floor structure, the fall to the waste pipe and an outlet for extract air before choosing tiles.

  • Soil stack and waste fall located
  • Building Regulations route agreed
  • Washing arrangements planned for the works
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Ideas for your Hendon refurbishment

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Explore a whole house in Belsize Park, an apartment on Chesterfield Street in Mayfair and a bathroom in Pimlico. Use these examples to discuss the scale of work and finishes you have in mind for your own home.

Completed exterior at Belsize Park Gardens after refurbishment

Whole-house refurbishment · Belsize Park, NW3

Belsize Park Gardens, NW3

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Local knowledge with a purpose

Understand the building before changing it

Barnet’s two 2012 appraisals describe The Burroughs as mainly terraced homes with offices and shops, many with flats above, and Church End as a village-like group with St Mary’s Church at its heart, set among suburban housing. Check whether your home lies in either area, and what has changed since 2012, before deciding what to survey or which consents to seek.

Hendon The Burroughs Conservation Area follows the road from the Watford Way junction to Brampton Grove, just short of the civic centre, where the Town Hall, library and fire station are listed. Its 2012 appraisal puts Georgian terraces to the south and Victorian terraces to the north. The 18th-century brick group at Nos. 9–15 and Burroughs House at No. 42 survive, and the Victorian terrace at Nos. 63–77, locally listed in 1986, stands behind front gardens and low walls, in yellow brick under slate with dominant chimney stacks, most then still keeping single-glazed timber sashes.

Hendon The Burroughs Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF)

Hendon Church End Conservation Area is a linear group with St Mary’s Parish Church at its heart, joining Church Road to Watford Way; its 2012 appraisal finds it village-like along Church End and more suburban around Church Terrace, with homes forming just over half its buildings. Its brick is London yellow, brown or red, with roughcast on the modest Victorian cottages fronting Church End; grey slate is a distinctive roofing material on Victorian cottages there, while handmade clay tiles cover Church Farm House, a gabled 17th-century brick farmhouse, and The Chequers.

Hendon Church End Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF)

The appraisals also trace how the surrounding streets developed. By 1876 Brent Street had become the area’s chief shopping district, and Church Road, linking it with Church End, was built up with houses after Hendon railway station opened in 1868; the Watford Way and North Circular roads, constructed in 1927, brought both houses and factories. The Church End appraisal describes the village keeping something of its rural character among estates of suburban housing, so record your own building’s age and construction rather than assuming one Hendon type.

Hendon Church End Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF) · Hendon The Burroughs Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF)

The first local check

Check the property itself, not the area name

Neither the name Hendon, which Barnet’s ward maps also use for the Hendon and West Hendon wards, nor an NW4 postcode tells you which rules apply to a particular home. Confirm the council by entering the property’s own postcode in GOV.UK’s finder, then check that council’s records for the address: in Barnet, the boundary maps for The Burroughs and Church End, the listed-building data and whether the Article 4 direction names the property. Add the lease or title and the planning history.

Barnet open data: ward maps for the 24 wards in force from 5 May 2022 · Find the council for the property · Barnet: Hendon The Burroughs conservation area map, November 2023 (PDF) · Barnet: Hendon Church End conservation area map, November 2023 (PDF) · Barnet open data: conservation area appraisals and boundary maps · Barnet open data: statutory listed buildings · Planning Data: Article 4 for Hendon The Burroughs CA (A4D5), from 21 July 1987 · Hendon The Burroughs Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF) · LEASE: alterations and home improvements

Separate checks, one coordinated brief

Planning, listed buildings, building control and leases

One approval does not settle every requirement. Identify the applicable routes before ordering work, and record who will prepare submissions, arrange inspections and provide the relevant completion information.

Planning permission and householder rights

When does Hendon work need a planning application?

Under section 55(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, interior alterations are not development, so work kept inside a Hendon house or flat rarely needs planning permission. A flat, including one above the shops on The Burroughs, has no Part 1 householder permitted development rights to rely on. For a house, check the permitted development limits, the conditions on past permissions and whether the 1987 Article 4 direction for The Burroughs covers the address, and remember that permitted development rights do not remove Building Regulations or Party Wall Act requirements.

When planning permission is required · Householder permitted development technical guidance · Hendon The Burroughs Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF) · Planning Data: Article 4 for Hendon The Burroughs CA (A4D5), from 21 July 1987

Listing and the two conservation areas

Can listing affect work inside a building?

Barnet’s appraisal for The Burroughs explains that altering a listed building in any way that affects its character needs listed building consent, and that internal works can need it as well as external ones. Hendon’s list entries include its Parish Church of St Mary and Church Farmhouse, listed as Church Farmhouse Museum, both at grade II*, and at grade II the Daniel Almshouses, the 18th-century cottages at 44–52 The Burroughs, Nos. 9 and 11, Ivey House and Burroughs House. Conservation-area status is a different control, so check the building against both.

Hendon The Burroughs Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF) · Planning Data (Historic England): Parish Church of St Mary, Hendon, grade II*, list entry 1359029 · Planning Data (Historic England): Church Farmhouse Museum, grade II*, list entry 1188513 · Planning Data (Historic England): Daniel Almshouses, grade II, list entry 1188528 · Planning Data (Historic England): 44–52 The Burroughs NW4, grade II, list entry 1078865 · Planning Data (Historic England): 9 and 11 The Burroughs NW4, grade II, list entry 1359025 · Planning Data (Historic England): Ivey House, The Burroughs, grade II, list entry 1294759 · Planning Data (Historic England): Burroughs House, grade II, list entry 1359026 · Barnet open data: statutory listed buildings

Building Regulations approval

Which parts of the work need building control?

Building Regulations approval is different from planning permission, and you might need both; a landlord’s permission is a separate matter again. GOV.UK’s examples include a new bathroom that will involve plumbing, electrical changes near a bath or shower, and replacement windows and doors. You can use the council’s building control department or a private registered building control approver, so agree which route covers each item before work starts.

When Building Regulations approval is needed · LEASE: alterations and home improvements

Freeholder permission and party walls

Which private consents and neighbour rules apply?

Depending on its terms, a lease can require the landlord’s (freeholder’s) permission before any alteration, even when planning permission or Building Regulations approval is already in hand, so read it before a layout is drawn for any flat, including one over a shop. Party wall rules are a different question: you must tell the neighbour about work on an existing party wall, such as cutting into it or removing a chimney from it, but not about minor jobs such as plastering, new sockets or putting up shelves.

LEASE: alterations and home improvements · Party-wall work requiring notice

Local facts that affect the brief

Apply the controls to the work you actually need

Both designated 27 July 1983

Two conservation areas carry Hendon names

Planning data lists 16 conservation areas for Barnet, two of them with Hendon names: Hendon Church End (CA08) and Hendon The Burroughs (CA17). Both were designated on 27 July 1983, the start date also printed on their Barnet boundary maps, dated November 2023. Barnet’s open data describes its conservation-area documents as authoritative, so let the boundary map, not the street name, show whether a property is inside.

Planning Data: Barnet’s 16 conservation areas · Planning Data: Hendon Church End conservation area (CA08), designated 27 July 1983 · Planning Data: Hendon The Burroughs conservation area (CA17), designated 27 July 1983 · Barnet: Hendon Church End conservation area map, November 2023 (PDF) · Barnet: Hendon The Burroughs conservation area map, November 2023 (PDF) · Barnet open data: conservation area appraisals and boundary maps

Barnet’s appraisal and management proposals for each area are dated 16 November 2012 and describe it as it then was. Both say they should be reviewed every five years in the light of emerging government policy, Barnet’s Local Plan and supporting guidance, so ask Barnet whether anything has updated them before relying on their detail.

Hendon Church End Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF) · Hendon The Burroughs Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF) · Planning Data: Hendon Church End appraisal and management proposals record, 16 November 2012 · Planning Data: Hendon The Burroughs appraisal and management proposals record, 16 November 2012

Direction from 21 July 1987

The Burroughs direction applies to named houses

Barnet’s Article 4 direction for Hendon The Burroughs (A4D5) has a start date of 21 July 1987, the day the scanned history in Barnet’s file records the Department of the Environment approving it. The 2012 appraisal says it covered Nos. 1–8 Burroughs Gardens and Nos. 63–77 (odd) The Burroughs, and lists the restrictions then in force, which included replacing windows, doors and roofing materials, roof extensions, any extension to a house, outbuildings, oil tanks, new gates, fences, walls or other enclosures and painting external walls, with porches, hardstandings and new access to the highway controlled only at certain houses.

Planning Data: Article 4 for Hendon The Burroughs CA (A4D5), from 21 July 1987 · Barnet: Article 4 direction for Hendon The Burroughs conservation area, A4D05 (partly scanned PDF) · Hendon The Burroughs Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF)

The appraisal called those classes somewhat outdated and said Barnet would amend the direction. Barnet’s file ends with the text of a 2012 direction for the same properties, with its sealing date not filled in, so the file does not show that the new direction was made, while the national planning data record says the old classes have been translated into their modern counterparts. Barnet warns that its legal orders may show historical classes, so confirm which rights are withdrawn at the address.

Hendon The Burroughs Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF) · Barnet: Article 4 direction for Hendon The Burroughs conservation area, A4D05 (partly scanned PDF) · Planning Data: Article 4 for Hendon The Burroughs CA (A4D5), from 21 July 1987 · Planning Data: Article 4 for Hendon The Burroughs CA, Area 1 · Planning Data: Article 4 for Hendon The Burroughs CA, Area 2 · Barnet open data: legal orders for Article 4 directions

A separate Barnet direction, in effect from 29 May 2016 and drawn around the whole borough, removes permitted development rights for changing a dwelling house (class C3) to a small house in multiple occupation (class C4). It concerns a change of use, not refurbishment.

Planning Data: Barnet small houses in multiple occupation Article 4 direction, from 29 May 2016 · Barnet: Article 4 direction for small houses in multiple occupation, in effect 29 May 2016 (scanned PDF) · Barnet open data: legal orders for Article 4 directions

Local Plan adopted 4 March 2025

Read the 2012 appraisals against today’s plan

The Barnet Local Plan 2021–2036 appears on planning data as adopted, with a start date of 4 March 2025. Both Hendon appraisals predate it: they were written under the Barnet Local Plan (2012), which had replaced the Unitary Development Plan (2006), and cite policies such as DM06 on heritage assets, so judge a proposal by the plan now in force, not by the policies the appraisals quote.

Planning Data: Barnet Local Plan 2021–2036, adopted 4 March 2025 · Hendon Church End Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF) · Hendon The Burroughs Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF)

The appraisals also record buildings locally listed on 30 April 1986: The Chequers and Church House at Church End, and on The Burroughs Nos. 43 and 45, No. 54, Nos. 63–77 (odd) and the cattle trough and drinking fountain outside No. 40. They proposed adding The Greyhound Inn, The Model Farm House and No. 79 The Burroughs to the local list, and name positive unlisted buildings such as Rose Cottage, 28 Church End and Nos. 1–8 Burroughs Gardens, so ask Barnet about its current local list.

Hendon Church End Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF) · Hendon The Burroughs Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF)

Noted in both 2012 appraisals

Archaeological interest under The Burroughs and Church End

The 2012 appraisals place every property in The Burroughs conservation area, and most of the Church End conservation area apart from the Daniel Almshouses, within an Area of Archaeological Significance. Historic England’s data also records an Archaeological Priority Area for Hendon, whose mapped area takes in St Mary’s and the listed buildings of The Burroughs and whose description opens by noting more Roman finds in Hendon than from any other period. Ask Barnet what this means before any digging is planned.

Hendon The Burroughs Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF) · Hendon Church End Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF) · Planning Data (Historic England): Archaeological Priority Area for Hendon, reference 76362

Settle the consent route for the specific Hendon address and proposal before windows are ordered, a roof is re-covered or any excavation is booked. Building Regulations, the lease, the Party Wall Act, listed building consent and planning permission each operate separately, and approval under one does not satisfy another; conservation-area status and the Article 4 direction can decide whether planning permission is needed.

When planning permission is required · Householder permitted development technical guidance · Hendon The Burroughs Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF) · Planning Data: Article 4 for Hendon The Burroughs CA (A4D5), from 21 July 1987 · Barnet open data: legal orders for Article 4 directions · When Building Regulations approval is needed · LEASE: alterations and home improvements · Party-wall work requiring notice

Local guidance checked . The linked sources help you prepare a brief; requirements depend on the address, building and complete proposal.

From retained details to shared services

Timber sashes, slate roofs, shared drains and archaeology

Windows and front doors

Record the condition of each window and door before deciding between repair and replacement. In 2012 most of the terrace at Nos. 63–77 The Burroughs kept single-glazed timber sashes and original front doors, and most front doors in that conservation area were painted softwood, mainly in traditional dark colours. At Church End, the appraisal found timber casements predominant and called modern uPVC replacements incongruous. The restrictions listed in 2012 for the houses named in The Burroughs Article 4 direction included replacing windows and doors, which can also need Building Regulations approval.

Hendon The Burroughs Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF) · Hendon Church End Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF) · When Building Regulations approval is needed

Bathrooms, stacks and damp air

In a flat above a shop, the bathroom may drain into a stack shared with the business or with other flats, so trace the stack, the stopcocks and a route for extract air before fixing a layout. New bathroom plumbing, or electrical changes near a bath or shower, can need Building Regulations approval, and the lease may require the landlord’s permission first. In a listed building, internal alterations that affect its character can need listed building consent as well.

When Building Regulations approval is needed · LEASE: alterations and home improvements · Hendon The Burroughs Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF)

Floors, chimneys and structure

Open up enough to see how the joists run and whether a wall carries load before removing partitions or laying heavier floors. The Church End appraisal counts chimneys as a positive part of the historic streetscape, and The Burroughs appraisal notes dominant chimney stacks on the Victorian terrace at Nos. 63–77, so treat chimneys with care. Cutting into a party wall or removing a chimney from one means telling the neighbour under the Party Wall Act; between flats, settle floor finishes and sound insulation with whoever must consent under the lease.

Hendon Church End Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF) · Hendon The Burroughs Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF) · Party-wall work requiring notice · LEASE: alterations and home improvements

Front gardens and boundaries

Settle any change to a front garden or boundary before work begins. The Burroughs appraisal counts changed boundary treatment and vehicle hardstandings among inappropriate alterations, and says paving over front gardens detracts from the area. At Nos. 63–77, with attractive front gardens and low boundary walls, and at Nos. 1–8 Burroughs Gardens, with individual front gardens, the Article 4 restrictions it listed in 2012 covered new gates, fences, walls and other enclosures; hardstandings and new access to the highway were controlled at only some of these houses.

Hendon The Burroughs Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF)

Trees, archaeology and below-ground work

Check nearby trees before planning a skip, scaffold or excavation. The Church End appraisal records Tree Preservation Order (TPO) trees in Middlesex University’s green space and cedar and yew in the churchyard and field, and The Burroughs appraisal notes TPO trees at the former White Bear pub. Work on a TPO tree needs the council’s written consent; for other conservation-area trees over 75mm across at 1.5 metres, the appraisals say the council needs six weeks’ written notice. Digging new basement space, unlike refitting an existing lower-ground room, can raise structural and archaeological questions.

Hendon Church End Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF) · Hendon The Burroughs Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF) · Tree preservation orders and conservation-area trees · Planning Data (Historic England): Archaeological Priority Area for Hendon, reference 76362

Insulation, heating and outside equipment

Plan insulation, heating and ventilation together rather than one at a time. The Burroughs appraisal counts uPVC and artificial roofing slates among materials that detract from the area, so weigh repair and draught-proofing of existing windows before replacement. At the houses named in The Burroughs Article 4 direction, the restrictions listed in 2012 covered roofing materials and oil tanks, and flats have no Part 1 householder rights, so check any outside equipment, flue or roof change for the address first.

Hendon The Burroughs Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF) · Planning Data: Article 4 for Hendon The Burroughs CA (A4D5), from 21 July 1987 · Householder permitted development technical guidance

A practical plan for the street and building

Working hours, deliveries and shared access

Busy roads, parking, skips and scaffolding

Decide early where deliveries will stop and where waste will wait. The Burroughs appraisal describes a busy through road, particularly at peak times, and the Church End appraisal notes very few parking bays, some set at an angle outside the Greyhound, so parking there can be difficult. A skip on a public road needs a council licence, which in most areas the skip hire company obtains, though none is needed for a skip entirely on private land; scaffolding or hoarding on a public highway needs a licence from the local authority.

Hendon The Burroughs Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF) · Hendon Church End Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF) · GOV.UK: skip licence (England and Wales) · GOV.UK: scaffolding and hoarding licence (England and Wales)

Working hours and life at home during the works

Barnet’s hours for noisy building work are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, and Saturday, 8am to 1pm, with no such work at any time on a Sunday or bank holiday. Leases, managing agents and a business downstairs may each have stricter expectations about noise, deliveries and shared parts, so ask early. If you live at home during the work, choose which rooms stay usable, warn everyone before water or power goes off and let neighbours know the plan.

Barnet construction working hours · LEASE: alterations and home improvements

A clear scope before a price

Plan your renovation budget and quotation

Builders’ quotations for a Hendon home only line up when all of them price the same written scope. Set out the room-by-room work on its own, then list separately the repairs to sashes, roofs and front boundaries, any structural items and anything waiting on a landlord, a neighbour or the council.

Existing condition

Note what clearly needs repair and what only opening up will reveal.

  • Measured survey with dated photographs
  • Sashes, doors, chimneys and roof coverings to keep
  • Opening-up for damp, decay and hidden pipework

Rooms, finishes and services

Specify every room fully, so that no contractor has to assume anything.

  • Fittings, tiles and flooring with quantities
  • Plumbing, heating, extract and wiring set out
  • Fittings you are buying yourself, with dates

Approvals and site arrangements

Name every consent, notice and street licence involved, and who is responsible for each.

  • Listing, Article 4 and lease questions answered
  • Party Wall steps only where the Act applies
  • Skip and scaffold licences for the street

Written allowances and sequence

Write down open choices, exclusions and the order of work before anything is signed.

  • VAT and provisional sums shown plainly
  • Lead times for windows and sanitaryware
  • Inspections and certificates for handover

A Hendon address carries neither a set surcharge nor a set programme. Ask each contractor how it shows VAT and any professional fees, and how it will deal with problems uncovered during the work. A standalone bathroom is quoted separately, on a room-specific basis.

From an idea to a workable scope

Prepare your brief and renovation budget

  1. Tell us about the home

    Begin with the property’s address and the kind of home, house or flat; for a flat, add the floor and whether a shop or office sits below. Photographs of each room you want changed, the street frontage, the way in and any staining, cracking or leaks are a great help.

  2. Collect the documents you hold

    Find any drawings, the lease or title, earlier planning or listed building decisions and certificates from building control. Tell us whether the home is listed or locally listed, lies in The Burroughs or Church End conservation area or is named in the Article 4 direction, if you know, and mention trees close to the work.

  3. Mark what is still unknown

    Separate the choices you have made from those waiting on opening up, a structural check, a drainage survey or a landlord’s reply. Every contractor can then price those open items with the same stated allowance, which keeps the totals comparable.

  4. Decide who does what

    Agree who applies for each consent, tells neighbours where the Party Wall Act applies, books licences and arranges inspections. Time deliveries and noisy stages to Barnet’s hours and any rules your building sets, decide whether you will move out or stay during the work, and set down how changes will be priced and recorded.

Ready to take the next step? Send the property address and a short outline of what you want to change.

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Contact the studio to discuss your brief and arrange the next step. If you already have drawings, a lease or planning correspondence, tell us what is available.

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Questions before you begin

Renovating in Hendon: practical answers

Can I ask you to renovate just one bathroom in Hendon?

Yes. We plan and carry out a single bathroom, en-suite or shower room renovation as a standalone project, whether the room is in a terraced house, a later suburban house or a flat over a shop. To prepare, send its measurements, some photographs and a sketch of the present layout, mention any leaks or weak extraction, and let us know how you will manage without the room while the work is under way.

Which Hendon homes fall inside a conservation area?

Only those within a mapped boundary. Two of Barnet’s 16 conservation areas carry Hendon names: Hendon The Burroughs, which follows the road from the Watford Way junction to Brampton Grove, and Hendon Church End, with St Mary’s Parish Church at its heart. Both were designated on 27 July 1983. Confirm the council first, then look up the property on Barnet’s boundary maps; neither the Hendon name nor the NW4 postcode answers the question.

Planning Data: Barnet’s 16 conservation areas · Planning Data: Hendon The Burroughs conservation area (CA17), designated 27 July 1983 · Planning Data: Hendon Church End conservation area (CA08), designated 27 July 1983 · Barnet: Hendon The Burroughs conservation area map, November 2023 (PDF) · Barnet: Hendon Church End conservation area map, November 2023 (PDF) · Find the council for the property · Hendon The Burroughs Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF) · Hendon Church End Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF)

Do Article 4 rules or listings apply to my Hendon home?

For refurbishment, that depends on the exact property. Barnet’s 2012 appraisal says the 1987 Article 4 direction for The Burroughs covered Nos. 1–8 Burroughs Gardens and Nos. 63–77 (odd) The Burroughs, and its list of the restrictions included windows, doors, roofing materials, extensions and boundaries; confirm with Barnet what applies now. Listing is decided building by building: Hendon’s entries include St Mary’s Parish Church and Church Farmhouse at grade II*, and the Daniel Almshouses and 44–52 The Burroughs at grade II.

Planning Data: Article 4 for Hendon The Burroughs CA (A4D5), from 21 July 1987 · Hendon The Burroughs Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF) · Planning Data (Historic England): Parish Church of St Mary, Hendon, grade II*, list entry 1359029 · Planning Data (Historic England): Church Farmhouse Museum, grade II*, list entry 1188513 · Planning Data (Historic England): Daniel Almshouses, grade II, list entry 1188528 · Planning Data (Historic England): 44–52 The Burroughs NW4, grade II, list entry 1078865 · Barnet open data: statutory listed buildings

Can I replace the windows in my Hendon house or flat?

Survey each frame first; repair and draught-proofing may achieve what you need. In 2012 most of Nos. 63–77 The Burroughs kept single-glazed timber sashes, the Article 4 restrictions listed for those houses included replacing windows and the appraisal said uPVC detracts from the area, while the Church End appraisal calls uPVC replacements incongruous. Check the listing too, remember that flats lack Part 1 householder rights, read the lease and allow for Building Regulations approval, which replacing windows can need.

Hendon The Burroughs Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF) · Hendon Church End Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF) · Householder permitted development technical guidance · LEASE: alterations and home improvements · When Building Regulations approval is needed

What consents does internal work to a Hendon flat need?

Seldom planning permission, since interior alterations are not development, though a flat has no Part 1 householder rights for outside changes. The lease often matters most: depending on its terms, the landlord’s permission may be needed before any alteration, even with planning permission or Building Regulations approval in hand. Building Regulations can still cover new bathroom plumbing or electrics near a bath or shower, and in a listed building internal works can need listed building consent.

When planning permission is required · Householder permitted development technical guidance · LEASE: alterations and home improvements · When Building Regulations approval is needed · Hendon The Burroughs Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF)

Could a wall come out, or the bathroom move, in my Hendon home?

It may be possible once the structure and drainage are known. Our structural engineers establish what a wall supports and how the joists run, and a relocated bathroom still needs water, a fall for the waste pipe and a way for moist air to leave, which in a flat may mean connecting to a shared stack. New bathroom plumbing can need Building Regulations approval, cutting into a party wall means telling the neighbour, and the lease may require the landlord’s permission.

When Building Regulations approval is needed · Party-wall work requiring notice · LEASE: alterations and home improvements

Is a lower-ground refit different from digging a basement?

Yes. A refit stays within a lower-ground room you already have, whereas excavating beneath the house, deepening a floor or cutting a lightwell is new basement work, with structural and planning questions of its own. In Hendon, the 2012 appraisals place every property in The Burroughs conservation area and most of the Church End conservation area within an Area of Archaeological Significance, and Historic England’s data records an Archaeological Priority Area for Hendon, so ask Barnet early what any excavation would involve.

Hendon The Burroughs Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF) · Hendon Church End Conservation Area character appraisal and management proposals, 16 November 2012 (PDF) · Planning Data (Historic England): Archaeological Priority Area for Hendon, reference 76362

What hours does Barnet allow for noisy building work in Hendon?

Barnet’s hours for noisy building work are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, and Saturday, 8am to 1pm, and none at any time on a Sunday or bank holiday. Your lease, a managing agent or a business in the same building may expect quieter hours or set delivery times, so confirm those before work is scheduled, and let the neighbours on each side, and anyone sharing your entrance, know what is coming and when.

Barnet construction working hours · LEASE: alterations and home improvements

How can I tell whether two quotations are comparable?

Comparison only works when every quotation prices one written scope. Go through each against that scope room by room, checking quantities, services, finishes and which original features are kept, then look at how each handles consents, street licences, VAT, professional fees, protection of shared parts and provisional sums. Clear up the largest uncertainties first, so the totals mean the same thing; a Hendon address is no reason in itself for a surcharge or a set end date.

Where is the studio that serves Hendon?

Our studio is at Unit 3, Palace Court, 250 Finchley Road, London NW3 6DN, and we serve Hendon from this office. A first message needs only the property address, the rooms you have in mind and a few photographs; drawings, the lease and any planning or listed building letters can follow once we have talked.

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Explore the relevant property guide, then check the current official sources above for your address and proposed work.

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Client Reviews
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I would like to thank Ross and his team for their consistent commitment to quality and their unerring reliability. They delivered our property to specification and on time, proving to be an extremely effective, experienced, and proactive contractor.

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James WardInvestment Director, Belgravia
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We have worked with Ross and his company many times. They are extremely professional and hardworking individuals who can work under any circumstances. There was no variation to the works.

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Cirus RehmanFinance Director, Grosvenor Street, Mayfair
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A company where you get value for your money while at the same time achieving excellent quality. Their work is carried out on time and within budget. We've worked with them on multiple projects and they never disappoint.

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Brian InghamDirector, Green Evolution Limited
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Hampstead Renovations operates alongside Hampstead Chartered Surveyors & Building Consultancy — an RICS Regulated firm providing chartered building surveying, fire safety and project advisory services, under shared directorship. Both practices are based in Hampstead NW3 6DN, giving our clients local professional oversight from survey through to handover.
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