Bespoke joinery in Chelsea
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Under RBKC's Code of Construction Practice, every site must be assessed as Category 1, 2 or 3, by potential impact on the local area, before work starts.
Where a school or other traffic-sensitive use is on the route, RBKC's
Under RBKC's Code of Construction Practice, every site must be assessed as Category 1, 2 or 3, by potential impact on the local area, before work starts.
Where a school or other traffic-sensitive use is on the route, RBKC's Code restricts deliveries and collections to between 9.30am and 3pm, Monday to Friday.
RBKC's Code lists partial demolition, residential and commercial extensions, and minor basement extensions within the property curtilage with under 50 m3 of excavated material as Category 2.
Sources: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: Code of Construction Practice, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: Code of Construction Practice (April 2019)
Chelsea’s streets fall across several conservation areas on RBKC’s register — the
Chelsea’s streets fall across several conservation areas on RBKC’s register — the Chelsea, Chelsea Park Carlyle, Cheyne, Royal Hospital and Sloane Square conservation areas are all listed — so most external work in SW3 is assessed against conservation-area tests.
Local Plan 2024 Policy CD12 resists additional storeys on complete terraces or groups with an unimpaired roof line, and on buildings or terraces that already have an additional storey or mansard.
Sources: RBKC conservation area maps (register of the borough's conservation areas), Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: Local Plan (adopted July 2024)
Local Plan 2024 Policy GB1 requires retrofitting of historic and listed buildings
Local Plan 2024 Policy GB1 requires retrofitting of historic and listed buildings and properties in conservation areas not to harm their special interest, historic fabric or the conservation area's character.
RBKC's current basement policy is Policy CD11: Basements in the Local Plan the Council adopted in July 2024, which replaced the Local Plan 2019 and its Policy CL7.
Source: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: Local Plan (adopted July 2024)
The Local Plan 2024 defines a single basement storey as one that
The Local Plan 2024 defines a single basement storey as one that cannot be subdivided later into more floors, generally about 3 to 4 metres floor to ceiling.
Source: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: Local Plan (adopted July 2024)
Bespoke joinery in Chelsea: questions
How is bespoke joinery in Chelsea priced?
Pricing: quoted after a feasibility visit.
Rooms and elevations typical of Chelsea
Design, joinery and the build, under one contract in Chelsea
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.
Verified Planning, Estate & Conservation Sources
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: Code of Construction Practice
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: Code of Construction Practice (April 2019)
- RBKC conservation area maps (register of the borough's conservation areas)
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: Local Plan (adopted July 2024)
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