Bespoke joinery in St John's Wood
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Westminster's Code of Construction Practice checklist has the developer confirm that work, including site preparation, will not start until the CMP has been approved in writing, Appendix A signed off and the planning condition discharged.
Westminster's City Plan Policy 44 says works to listed buildings will preserve
Westminster's Code of Construction Practice checklist has the developer confirm that work, including site preparation, will not start until the CMP has been approved in writing, Appendix A signed off and the planning condition discharged.
Westminster's City Plan Policy 44 says works to listed buildings will preserve their special interest, protecting or, where appropriate, restoring original or significant detail and historic fabric.
Westminster's Code of Construction Practice says no noisy works may take place outside the prescribed hours unless prior consent has been obtained under Section 61 of the Control of Pollution Act 1974.
Sources: Westminster City Council: Code of Construction Practice (May 2026), Westminster City Plan 2019-2040 (2026, adopted January 2026)
Westminster's 2004 St John's Wood mini guide says the Article 4 direction
Westminster's 2004 St John's Wood mini guide says the Article 4 direction for Nos. 1-47 (odd) and 2-56 (even) Abbey Gardens controls development affecting the external appearance facing a street, the erection or alteration of a building or enclosure, painting of the exterior except doors, and satellite dishes.
Westminster's City Plan says an exception to the one-storey basement limit could be made for large sites that can accommodate plant and machinery and have suitable access for construction without an adverse impact on neighbours.
Sources: Westminster City Council: St John's Wood conservation area mini guide, Westminster City Plan 2019-2040 (2026, adopted January 2026)
Westminster's City Plan Policy 50 says that on small sites where the
Westminster's City Plan Policy 50 says that on small sites where the garden is 8m or less at its longest point, basements may extend up to 4m from the original building in that direction.
Westminster's 2008 St John's Wood audit says Victorian, Edwardian and interwar mansion and flat blocks are characteristic of the area, in a swathe through the centre on Wellington and Circus Roads and around the periphery.
Sources: Westminster City Plan 2019-2040 (2026, adopted January 2026), Westminster City Council: St John's Wood Conservation Area Audit SPD
Westminster's City Plan says a site-specific Flood Risk Assessment and a structural
Westminster's City Plan says a site-specific Flood Risk Assessment and a structural statement will be required for basements in flood zone 2 or 3 or in surface water flood risk hotspots.
Source: Westminster City Plan 2019-2040 (2026, adopted January 2026)
Bespoke joinery in St John's Wood: questions
How is bespoke joinery in St John's Wood priced?
Pricing: quoted after a feasibility visit.
Rooms and elevations typical of St John's Wood
Design, joinery and the build, under one contract in St John's Wood
The same team stays with the project from the first visit to handover. In-house RIBA chartered architects, interior designers and IStructE chartered structural engineers draw and specify the work. Master joiners make the fitted furniture. Licence to alter, party wall matters, schedules of condition and Building Regulations sign-off sit with the sister practice, Hampstead Chartered Surveyors & Building Consultancy (RICS Firm No. 923064). One JCT contract covers the building work. Electrical installation is certified to BS 7671 by a registered competent person. Completed structural work carries a 12-month defects liability period. Cover is £5M public liability, £10M employers' liability and contractors' all risks cover. Studios: 2 Eaton Gate, Belgravia, London SW1W 9BJ, and 250 Finchley Road, Hampstead, London NW3 6DN. Telephone 020 7101 3168.
Licence to alter · Surveying support from the sister practice
What clients have said about the work
I would like to thank Ross and his team for their consistent commitment to quality and their unerring reliability.
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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