Designing bathrooms for London homes

Design enquiries are welcome from all 33 London local authority areas. Below are the planning and housing facts any bathroom design has to work around.

London

Bathroom design across London

Send a bathroom design enquiry from any London borough.

London bathrooms are frequently small, oddly shaped or squeezed under eaves, which is where careful layout planning makes the biggest difference.

Any measured survey is arranged directly between you and the designer.

London boroughs

Barking and Dagenham
Barnet
Bexley
Brent
Bromley
Camden
City of London
Croydon
Ealing
Enfield
Greenwich
Hackney
Hammersmith and Fulham
Haringey
Harrow
Havering
Hillingdon
Hounslow
Islington
Kensington and Chelsea
Kingston upon Thames
Lambeth
Lewisham
Merton
Newham
Redbridge
Richmond upon Thames
Southwark
Sutton
Tower Hamlets
Waltham Forest
Wandsworth
Westminster

Flats outnumber houses

Flats, maisonettes and apartments made up 55.9% of London’s dwellings in 2021, the only English region where they are the most common type. Bathroom designs therefore often have to work around shared risers, soil stacks and floor structures you do not own. ^[1]

Listed buildings need consent, inside too

London has about 19,000 list entries for historic buildings. Works that alter a listed building in a way that affects its character need listed building consent, and that includes internal works such as moving a bathroom. ^{[2] [3]}

Loft bathrooms and permitted development

Many loft bathrooms come with a loft conversion. Under permitted development a loft can usually add up to 40 cubic metres to a terraced house or 50 cubic metres to a detached or semi-detached one, but these rights do not apply in conservation areas and other designated land. ^[4]

Where these facts come from

Sources checked on 15 October 2026. This page is general information, not planning or legal advice.

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