Evidence-based local architect rankings built from real planning approvals across your borough, not a self-reported directory, not reviews you can buy.
Enter your postcode to see which architects have already won planning approvals on and around your street, drawn from the same public planning records as the rankings below.
We count which area is searched (like SW16 2) so we know where to expand. Your full postcode never leaves your browser when you search: your device loads one file for your whole postcode district and does the matching itself.
“We deliberately don't rank faceless volume drafting factories alongside real local architects. The practices ranked here are genuine, named, locally-based firms, not a national volume operation with an office nobody visits.”
Approved planning applications across the London councils we cover, drawn from public planning records, not marketing fluff; the cold hard record of what each council actually approved. The original South London councils carry roughly three years of record; newly added councils build from mid-2026 and deepen daily.
Each approval names the agent who won it. We group those names into practices, so a firm's record is counted as one track record, not scattered across spelling variants.
An architect who wins in Richmond might fail in Wandsworth. Every ranking here is per-council, because planning departments differ, and local experience with yours is what gets schemes approved.
New approvals in your borough, on your street, or from an architect you're watching. Tick what you want to hear about. We'll only ever email you about what you've chosen, nothing else.
Don't hire an architect because they have a nice Instagram feed. Hire them because your council keeps saying yes to their work.