01 · YOUR HOME ARCHITECTS
Residential architects in Brent.
Fixed fees, clear process.
Design, planning, building regulations and the contract on site, from a RIBA Chartered practice. Every service priced before you commit.
PLANNING AUTHORITY
London Borough of Brent
02 · THE PRACTICE
Design to completion, from a RIBA Chartered practice.
Your Home Architects is a service offered by Vision and Design, RIBA Chartered architects based in London. We set it up so London homeowners can see the whole job in advance, with the price for each service agreed before that service begins.
Architects Registration Board
Architect is a title protected by law in the United Kingdom. Only someone on the ARB register may use it. Registration requires seven years of education and examination, is renewed annually, and can be removed for professional misconduct.
ARB REGISTERED ARCHITECTS
RIBA Chartered practice
Registration is held by the practice, not just an individual. It requires a registered architect in charge, professional indemnity cover, a written complaints procedure and continuing professional development.
VISION + DESIGN LTD
Why the title matters to you
An architectural technologist or designer may be excellent, but is not accountable to a regulator. V+D are Chartered Architects, giving you a complaints route, a disciplinary body and mandatory professional indemnity cover.
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03 · THE SERVICE
How we help homeowners in
Brent
Fixed-fee architectural services for London homeowners, in Brent and every other borough, from a RIBA Chartered practice. Brent divides sharply: Victorian terraces in the south around Willesden and Kilburn, interwar semis further north at Wembley and Kingsbury. Every residential conservation area here carries extra rules, and the council was in the process of replacing them in 2024, so checking your address matters more than usual. We establish exactly what your address allows first, then price each stage before it starts.
We work across both halves of the borough: side returns and rear extensions on the terraces in the south, and rear extensions with loft conversions on the interwar semis further north.
04 · PUBLISHED FEES
Fixed fee, stage by stage.
Start with a free report. Instruct the next service only when you want to. Priced on how constrained the site is, not on how ambitious you are.
Straightforward work, straightforward pricing
01 · PLANS
Simple plans from only £1,450
• Permitted development only
• Plans and certificate application
• One design revision included
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02 · PLANS + REGS
Plans + building regulations from £2,950
• Everything in Simple plans
• Building regulations application
• Builder-ready technical drawings
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Not sure whether your project needs planning permission? The free report answers that first, at no cost.
Everything else, priced by band
BAND A
Unrestricted property · from £2,500
• Householder Application
• No listing or conservation designation
• From £2,500 for design and planning
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BAND B · MOST COMMON
Constrained property · from £4,000
• Conservation area
• More detailed planning coordination
• From £4,000 for design and planning
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BAND C
Complex property · from £5,500
• Listed, complex, or highly constrained
• Specialist consent and coordination
• From £5,500 for design and planning
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A short conversation about your house fixes the figure for each stage before anything starts.
*Every service is separately instructed and separately priced. Most projects begin with the free report.
**Structural engineers, party wall surveyors, Building Control and builders are appointed directly by you and are not included.
05 · START WITH YOUR ADDRESS
A free property report for London homeowners.
Enter your address and we will tell you whether your home is listed, sits in a conservation area or falls under an Article 4 direction, what you are allowed to build without planning permission, and what your neighbours have already been allowed to build.
Free · Within 48 hours · No obligation
What your report covers
• Listed status, conservation area and Article 4 direction
• What you can build without planning permission, specific to your house
• Your likely planning route
• Existing footprint, plot outline and planning history
• Flood zone, tree preservation orders and decided applications nearby
Download a sample report.
See the address check before you ask us to prepare one for your home.
06 · YOUR ADDRESS, NOT THE AVERAGE
What we check before anything is drawn.
IS YOUR STREET PROTECTED?
Around 22 conservation areas including Queen's Park, Mapesbury, Kensal Green, Harlesden, Sudbury Court and Barn Hill.
WHAT EXTRA RULES APPLY HERE?
All residential conservation areas carry extra rules covering windows, doors, front gardens, paving and outbuildings. The council resolved in 2024 to replace these, so the detail may have changed. The borough-wide rule on shared houses does not affect extensions.
WHAT KIND OF HOUSE IS IT?
Victorian and Edwardian terraces at Willesden, Harlesden and Kilburn, interwar semis at Wembley, Kingsbury and Kenton, and post-war and newer flats. A high proportion of homes in the south are flats.
WHAT PEOPLE USUALLY BUILD HERE
Rear extensions, loft and dormer conversions, and side returns on the terraces. The interwar semis at Wembley and Kingsbury take a rear extension and a loft comfortably.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT AFFECTS YOUR SITE
The Welsh Harp reservoir and the River Brent corridor bring flood risk in parts, including low-lying areas around Wembley. Reference: Local Plan 2019 to 2041, adopted February 2022.
07 · CHECK IT YOURSELF
Estimate your London extension cost.
Estimate your full project cost — build, interior fit-out, regulatory and professional fees, contingency and VAT — calibrated for Inner and Outer London.
London extension cost calculator
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08 · COMMON QUESTIONS
Do I need planning permission to extend in Brent?
In a conservation area, yes. Brent applies extra rules across all of its residential conservation areas, covering windows, doors, front gardens, paving and outbuildings. Outside them, on the interwar semis, the usual allowances generally apply.
I read the rules were changing. Are they?
The council resolved in 2024 to replace the extra rules covering its conservation areas, so boundaries and scope may have shifted since. That is exactly the sort of thing worth confirming for your specific address rather than relying on a general guide.
I live in a flat. Does that change things?
Yes. The automatic rights to extend apply to houses only, so any external change to a flat needs permission whatever its size. A large share of homes in the south of the borough are flats rather than whole houses.
07 · CONSULTATION
Book a consultation.
Thirty minutes with a registered architect. Free, and nothing is committed.