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42 The Ridgeway, Acton, London, W3 8LN

P/2026/1132PF-Full ApplicationsApproved
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Approved on 22 June 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion from two flats into a house with the erection of a single storey rear infill and a rear roof extension with one front roof window, conversion of the garage into a habitable space with insertion of roof and side windows

Received
13 April 2026
Ward
Chiswick Gunnersbury
  1. Received13 Apr
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.22 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Jun

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 42 The Ridgeway, Acton, London, W3 8LN. Hounslow has handled 2,372 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Hounslow's typical decision time. The site is in the Gunnersbury Park conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 234 applications across Chiswick Gunnersbury. We hold 1,744 applications in total for the W3 postcode area.

76% of full applications at London Borough of Hounslow were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
W3 8LN
Application type
PF-Full Applications
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2026
Consultation expiry
22 May 2026
Consultation start
28 April 2026
Consultation end
22 May 2026
Application expires
22 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

First advertised
1 May 2026

Additional information

Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Gunnersbury Park+1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Dwellinghouses (C3) to small HMOs (C4) - borough-wide Article 4 Direction+1 more
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Gunnersbury Park, Brentford
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Hounslow

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