Drawings for planning in every London borough and 17 councils beyond
Drawings4Planning draws for homes in all 33 London boroughs, the City of London included, and in 17 councils across Essex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Kent and Surrey. Your postcode decides the council, and that council’s validation list decides what a set must contain.
Why does your postcode matter?
Every council sets a validation list of its own, naming what an application must contain before the council will accept it as complete. The postcode tells us which council that is. Houses on either side of a borough boundary answer to different councils, so the same extension can be drawn to two different lists.
That is why the postcode comes first: it names the council that receives the application and the list our independent check reads the set against.
Which 33 London councils receive our sets?
All 33 are covered: the 32 boroughs and the City of London.
- 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
Where outside London can a set be submitted?
Seventeen councils beyond the capital are covered, listed here by county.
- Essex: Thurrock, Brentwood, Epping Forest
- Hertfordshire: Broxbourne, Hertsmere, Three Rivers, Welwyn Hatfield
- Buckinghamshire and Berkshire: Buckinghamshire, Slough
- Kent: Dartford, Sevenoaks
- Surrey: Elmbridge, Epsom and Ewell, Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead, Spelthorne, Tandridge
Which council decides for Hampstead, Chelsea or Dulwich?
The council for your postcode decides, not the neighbourhood name. Each neighbourhood below sits inside councils we cover, so the council that receives the application also sets the validation list the set is drawn to.
- Camden and Haringey: Hampstead, Highgate and Primrose Hill
- Hounslow: Chiswick
- Islington: Islington and Canonbury
- Kensington and Chelsea: Notting Hill, Holland Park, Chelsea and Kensington
- Merton: Wimbledon
- Richmond upon Thames: Richmond, Barnes and Kew
- Southwark: Dulwich
- Westminster: Marylebone and St John’s Wood
- Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea: Belgravia, Mayfair and Knightsbridge
Questions about councils and coverage
What is a validation list?
A validation list names the documents and drawings a council expects before it treats an application as complete. A national list applies everywhere, and councils add local requirements of their own, so the list differs from one council to the next. Our independent check reads each set against the list of the council that will receive it.
Source: Making an application (GOV.UK planning practice guidance)
Is the process different outside London?
In outline, no. A council outside London also publishes its own list and keeps its own local policy, so the set is prepared the same way, to the list of whichever council decides. Only the detail changes from one council to the next.
Source: Planning permission (GOV.UK)
Does the postcode alone settle the council?
The postcode points us to the council, and the address check that comes before every fixed fee confirms it. That check also looks up listing, conservation area, flood zone, trees and Article 4 status for your exact address, so the council and the local rules are settled before the drawings begin.
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Which council is yours?
Send the postcode and a line on the project. The reply names the council that would receive the application, and a fixed fee follows once the address has been checked. A council that is not in the lists above is one we do not currently cover.