Residential architects
Harper Latter Architects is a residential architecture practice based in Wimbledon, with 30 years’ experience designing new homes, extensions and refurbishments. We take on projects across London and welcome enquiries from homeowners in Kensington and Chelsea. Our architects are fully qualified and accredited with the Architects Registration Board and RIBA. Every project begins with a free 30-minute consultation, and you can ask us for a free site and cost report for your property.
We design new homes, extensions and refurbishments, and our work covers basements, listed buildings and conservation, interior architecture, garden and landscape design, and sustainable design. Much of our completed work is in Wimbledon and South West London, and the same team brings that experience to your Kensington and Chelsea home.
Whether you are reworking a period townhouse or mansion flat, extending a family home or adding a basement, one team looks after your project from first brief to completed home. With nearly three quarters of the borough protected by conservation areas, most Kensington and Chelsea projects involve heritage consent of some kind, and that is where much of our experience lies. You can read more about what we do on our services page.
Nearly three quarters of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is protected by 38 conservation areas, and the borough includes many listed buildings. Some properties are also affected by Article 4 directions, which remove certain permitted development rights. In a conservation area, demolition and some alterations need planning permission, and works that affect the special interest of a listed building need listed building consent. We advise you on what applies to your property at the outset and manage the planning application if one is needed.
Every project begins with a free 30-minute consultation, and you can ask us for a free site and cost report for your property.
Our design process runs in eight clear stages, from outline proposal and brief through sketch designs, the planning application, detailed design and tender, to on-site construction support and completion. You choose how involved we are at each stage.
A selection of our completed projects:
Yes. We are based in Wimbledon and take on residential projects across London, including Kensington and Chelsea. Every project begins with a free 30-minute consultation.
It depends on the house and the street. Nearly three quarters of the Royal Borough sits within one of its 38 conservation areas and the borough includes many listed buildings, both of which remove or restrict some permitted development rights; some properties are also affected by Article 4 directions. We establish exactly what applies to your property before any design work begins.
Fees depend on the scope of your project and how involved you would like us to be at each stage. Our free site and cost report gives you an indicative construction cost guide, and we set out a clear fee proposal after the initial consultation.
Most householder applications are decided within about eight weeks of validation, although proposals involving listed buildings or conservation areas can take longer. We manage the application on your behalf and keep you informed at each step.
Often, but most basement projects in the Royal Borough need a full planning application: nearly three quarters of the borough sits within a conservation area, many properties are listed and some streets have Article 4 directions. We assess what applies to your property and prepare the supporting information an application needs.
For a FREE 30-minute consultation with our architects, call us or email office@harperlatterarchitects.co.uk and we’ll arrange a callback.
020 7183 0590