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Ealing rental licensing: check occupation and address first
Ealing runs additional HMO licensing for shared properties with three or four occupants and mandatory HMO licensing for those with five or more, as described on its private rented properties page. It also identifies selective licensing for self-contained rented homes in designated areas. Before commissioning reports, check the property’s postcode and actual occupation against the council’s scheme checker rather than assuming every rental follows the same route.
Ealing’s licence document checklist requires an EPC rated A to E and says an HMO needs one certificate covering the whole property, not separate room certificates. Arrange an EPC against the correct building description. Its checklist also identifies automatic fire detection and emergency lighting certificates for HMOs. A fire risk assessment can inform the fire-safety action plan, but does not replace those installation certificates.
The Ealing licensing page also flags converted buildings with three or more self-contained rented flats where the freeholder lacks the relevant Building Regulations Completion Certificate. Retain conversion records and establish whether the building and individual flats need separate licences. For these shared buildings, scope legionella risk assessments around the actual water systems and management responsibilities; this is separate risk-management work, not a document listed on the council’s licence checklist.
Ealing validation: establish the report schedule
Ealing’s planning application guidance says applications will not be valid until all required documents are submitted, but the page does not set out report-specific energy, noise or overheating thresholds. Ask for the requirements for the actual application type before ordering a package. For mixed-use proposals, agree whether the energy evidence covers both homes and commercial floorspace, and identify any separate acoustic or ventilation questions at the same stage.
Ealing’s adopted energy and amenity provisions
The Development Management DPD, adopted 10 December 2013, contains Policy 5.2, Ealing Local Variation. It distinguishes major residential refurbishment, major non-residential development and other work, and defines major development for that policy as at least ten units or 1,000 square metres. Its wording anticipates later standards and policy changes. Use an energy statement or sustainability statement to explain the applicable assessment route rather than presenting its older certification references as current automatic requirements.
The same DPD’s Policy 7A on amenity addresses operational emissions, including noise, and warns against resolving sensitive uses only by substantially sealing occupants off from their surroundings. For Ealing flats near an existing noisy use, commission noise surveys early enough to inform the layout. Coordinate acoustic design with ventilation and any overheating assessments, so that the acoustic solution does not leave an untested summer comfort strategy.
Ealing policy alongside the London Plan 2021
Ealing confirms that the London Plan, published 2 March 2021 forms part of its development plan and that borough plans must generally conform with it. Read Ealing’s local provisions alongside that strategic framework. Our London Plan energy assessments service can coordinate the energy narrative and supporting calculations, with the applicable policy requirements established for the proposal rather than inferred from older local guidance. For Ealing schemes with several designers, use one schedule of floor areas, building uses and fabric assumptions across the reports. This makes it easier to explain differences between the planning energy strategy and later compliance calculations without obscuring a genuine design change.
Ealing’s New Local Plan page describes the 2024 to 2039 plan as submitted for examination and links a proposed main modifications consultation for November to December 2026. Do not label the submitted policies as adopted on that evidence. For a live application, record which adopted provisions and emerging requirements the planning officer expects the energy and sustainability reports to address.
Building compliance questions in Ealing
Does every rented home in Ealing need the same licence?
No. Ealing’s licensing guidance distinguishes shared HMOs from self-contained rentals in selective licensing areas. Check the postcode, household arrangement and number of occupiers before choosing the application route.
Will Ealing accept room-by-room EPCs for an HMO licence?
The Ealing licence checklist says no: one EPC is required for the whole HMO. Establish the certificate scope before booking an assessment, particularly where a building contains both shared accommodation and self-contained flats.
Is Ealing’s submitted 2024 to 2039 Local Plan already adopted?
The council’s New Local Plan page identifies submission and examination, not adoption. Confirm the policy position for the application rather than treating submission documents as adopted requirements.
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