Working Within Chelsea's Strict Conservation Framework
RBKC also operates one of London's strictest basement policies (Policy CL7 in the borough's Local Plan), capping excavation at a single storey and no more than 50% of a garden or open plot, requiring a Construction Method Statement signed by a chartered structural or civil engineer, and generally resisting basements directly under listed buildings. Roof alterations face similarly close scrutiny under Policy CD12, which requires changes to be architecturally sympathetic to the building's age and character, mansard form and natural slate are typically what gets approved. Chelsea's stucco-fronted terraces need render specialists who understand how to repair and repaint stucco without trapping damp behind it, and this level of conservation scrutiny means getting the detail, and the paperwork, right the first time matters more here than almost anywhere else we work.























