Planning drawings · London Borough of Southwark
Planning drawings in Southwark, £795 fixed
Southwark publishes a visual guide to valid drawings: scale bar and north on every plan, a unique reference on every sheet, street-relative heights on a hill and an off-site datum on sections. Its householder list also asks for a fire safety form. We draw the set to that guide.
Householder application fee, paid to your council at submission.
Plus the Planning Portal's own charge if the application goes through the Portal: up to £149 including VAT, depending on the application type, and some types have none (source).
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What Southwark Council asks of a householder planning application
From the council's Planning checklists: householder application; Examples of valid planning drawings (2025) (adopted current council checklist and July 2025 drawing guide, read 25 October 2026).
- Southwark's householder checklist requires the application form, ownership certificate, CIL questions form, a fire safety strategy or reasonable exception form, a location plan, a site plan, and existing and proposed floor plans and elevations. (source, checked 25 October 2026)
- Sections, roof plans, a levels or gradients plan, cycle parking information and a basement impact assessment may be needed as well, depending on the proposal. (source, checked 25 October 2026)
- Southwark says the householder application type cannot be used for works to a flat, which need a full planning application instead. (source, checked 25 October 2026)
- The council's valid drawings guide says floor plans and elevations must be drawn to scale (usually 1:100 or 1:50 at A3 or A4), show a scale bar, carry an accurate title and a unique drawing reference number and be clearly labelled; floor plans must also show north, and elevations must show all sides of the proposal. (source, checked 25 October 2026)
- Elevations should label relevant materials and show heights relative to the street if the site is on a hill, and roof plans should label relevant materials. (source, checked 25 October 2026)
- Sections should include an off-site datum point as a reference for levels, floor to ceiling heights, eaves, foundations and retaining structures if they might encroach onto adjoining land, and any voids within the building. (source, checked 25 October 2026)
What Southwark householder planning application drawings have to show
A Southwark set is drawn from the council's own visual guide. Every plan carries north and a scale bar, every sheet has a unique drawing number and a clear title, and the elevations show all sides with materials labelled. On a sloping road we add the street-relative heights the guide asks for, so the officer can read the building against the hill.
The sections carry an off-site datum point, floor-to-ceiling heights, and foundations or retaining walls that might reach your neighbour's land. We prepare the fire safety strategy or the reasonable exception form that Southwark lists with a householder application. And if the work is to a flat, we say at the start that it needs a full application rather than a householder one.
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What it costs in Southwark
- Complete planning drawing service: £645 drawings + £150 survey (£795 total), plus £548 to Southwark Council.
- Householder application fee, paid to your council at submission.
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