Planning in Ealing

Before submission

Validation requirements

Ealing Council requires applicants to submit specific documentation via the Planning Portal to ensure applications are validated. Failure to provide all necessary supporting documents and the correct fees renders an application invalid.

• Applicants must submit national requirement documents.
• Proposals may require design and access statements.
• Projects may be subject to the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL).
• Viability statements, if submitted, must be in a format suitable for immediate public release.

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Timescales

Realistic decision times

Statutory target

The national determination period set in law, counted from validation. A target, not a guarantee.

Actual processing time

What the council's published performance data shows in practice, including extensions of time.

Allow for validation before the decision period starts. The usual statutory determination periods in England are 8 weeks for non-major applications, 13 weeks for major development and 16 weeks where environmental impact assessment is required, unless a different period is agreed.

• These are statutory targets, not a measured borough average or a guarantee. No current borough-specific average has been verified for this guide.
• An incomplete submission, amendments, committee referral or an agreed extension of time can extend the overall programme.
• Ask the planning team about its current validation queue before setting a construction date. Prior approval and other specialist applications can have different statutory periods.

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Permitted development

Article 4 restrictions

These are selected directions, not an exhaustive address search. Read the council’s current map, schedule, commencement date and any later modifications for your property. A conservation area is not automatically an Article 4 area, and a direction affecting changes of use does not necessarily restrict a home extension. Confirm the responsible planning authority too: some development-corporation areas have separate arrangements.

An Article 4 Direction exists specifically for Listed Buildings within Ealing. This direction imposes additional planning permission requirements beyond standard conservation area controls.

• The direction explicitly targets Listed Buildings.
• It mandates planning permission for certain development works that would otherwise fall outside standard conservation area controls.

SourceEaling — Article 4 information(opens in a new tab)· checked 2026-10-07