Conservation Areas
Expert navigation of English Heritage requirements, Camden Planning, and the Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust.
Architecture,
Curated.
We match your project with North West London's finest specialist architects and interior designers.
We don't impose a style. We find yours.
Most architectural firms are limited by their own signature style. If you want Minimalism, but they specialize in Heritage, your home suffers.
Hampstead Architects & Interiors operates differently. We function as your Architectural Private Office.
We maintain a closed, vetted network of North West London's finest creative studios—from award-winning modernists in Swiss Cottage to heritage restoration experts in Hampstead Village.
We analyze your brief, your personality, and your property. Then, we present you with a shortlist of the perfect creative partners. You choose the vision that moves you; we ensure it gets built correctly.
Our Specialisms
Basement Excavation
Structural integrity protection during deep excavations. We reassure your neighbours and deliver on our promises.
Sustainable Retrofit
Future-proofing period properties with cutting-edge insulation, heat pumps, and energy performance upgrades.
Why We Win Where Others Fail
Most architects guess. We use proprietary AI technology to analyze thousands of Camden Council decisions, finding the exact "winning precedents" to support your application.
We don't just hope for approval; we engineer it.
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Predictive modeling: Our AI scans 15+ years of Camden planning decisions, identifying approval patterns by property type, conservation area, and design approach.
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Winning precedents: We cite approved applications similar to yours—same street, same typology, same officer. Camden Planning can't reject what they've already approved next door.
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Risk-scoring: Before you invest £20-40k in architectural drawings, we score your proposal's approval probability (0-100%). If it's below 70%, we redesign before submission.
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Officer profiling: We know which conservation officers are assigned to your postcode. We tailor applications to their documented preferences and past decision patterns.
Our planning approval rate: 98.7%
Industry average in conservation areas: 62%
Meet the Curators
Our curators are not salespeople—they are respected professionals who understand architecture, engineering, and planning. Each brings deep specialist knowledge to match your project with the perfect team.
Catherine Westwood
Principal Curator
RIBA, IHBC
Former Camden Conservation Officer with 15 years of heritage architecture experience. Catherine curates projects in conservation areas and listed buildings, ensuring sensitive interventions that achieve planning approval while honoring architectural history.
Listed Buildings Conservation Areas English Heritage
James McKenzie
Technical Curator
CEng, MIStructE
Chartered structural engineer specializing in basement excavations and complex underpinning. James curates technically challenging projects, assembling specialist teams for party wall projects, deep excavations, and structural interventions.
Basement Engineering Party Walls Structural Design
Sophie Aldridge
Contemporary Curator
RIBA, ARB
Award-winning architect known for securing planning approval for modern designs in sensitive contexts. Sophie curates contemporary projects, matching clients with architects who can achieve bold visions within conservation area constraints.
Modern Extensions Contemporary Design Planning Strategy
Curious which curator is right for your project? Book a consultation to discuss your specific needs.
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