Planning drawings in Epsom and Ewell, £895 fixed

What is the householder approval rate in Epsom and Ewell?

Epsom and Ewell Borough Council granted 357 of 411 householder decisions (86.9%) from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026, counting householder planning applications and larger home extension prior approvals together. Across London the same measure was 85.8% (20,556 of 23,967). Source: MHCLG live table PS2, district planning application statistics, 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026. See the other Surrey councils on the Surrey planning page.

What does Epsom and Ewell Borough Council need to validate an application?

• Block plans at 1:200 or 1:500 and floor plans, roof plans and elevations at 1:50 or 1:100; plans marked "do not scale", "approximate" or similar are not accepted (Local Validation Requirements List, adopted 11 July 2024). (source)
• A street scene drawing at 1:100 or 1:200, with at least one building either side and the gaps between buildings, where the ridge height goes up or the scale and appearance of the house changes substantially. (source)
• For any extension above ground floor, a site plan showing a 45-degree line from the corners of the extension to the centre of the nearest habitable rear window of both neighbours. (source)
• A Phase 1 bat survey where work alters an unaltered roof, hanging tiles or the area under the eaves; surveys must be no older than 12 months, and bat surveys are not left to a condition after consent. (source)
• A parking and access plan, with spaces of 4.8m by 2.4m, where parking or access changes or the number of bedrooms goes up; a Green Belt statement with original, existing and proposed volumes for extensions in the Green Belt. (source)
• A CIL additional information form with every householder application. If something is missing the council gives 21 days to supply it before the application is returned. (source)

Article 4 directions in Epsom and Ewell

An Article 4 direction removes permitted development rights, so work that needs no application elsewhere needs one here. Check yours with the permitted development checker.

• Ewell Village Conservation Area. Sealed 3 February 2000: removes rights for extensions, roof-slope alterations and porches that front a highway, private road or open space, for hard surfaces within the curtilage, and for front gates, fences and walls and their demolition. (source)
• Other conservation-area directions. The council also lists directions for Burgh Heath Road, Church Street, College Road, Downs Road Estate, Higher Green/Longdown Lane North, Lintons Lane, Pikes Hill, Stamford Green, The Green/Ewell Downs Road and Worple Road (a second Stamford Green direction, on chimneys only, is marked expired). It says directions typically cover porches, replacement windows and doors, roof coverings and exterior painting on elevations facing a street or open space, and says some also cover rear alterations and extensions or garden sheds; the national register records all of them as removing extension rights to some degree. Each sets out its own rights. (source)

The council says it has 21 conservation areas, including Ewell Village, Epsom Town Centre, Stamford Green, Woodcote and the Hospital Cluster, each with an appraisal and map. (source)

How long does a planning decision take in Epsom and Ewell?

Eight weeks is the statutory period for a householder application. Of the 378 householder planning applications Epsom and Ewell decided from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026, excluding prior approvals, 361 (95.5%) were decided within eight weeks.

• For an extra £350 on top of the application fee, the council aims to decide a householder application within 35 days instead of the statutory 56; no decision is issued before day 29, to allow call-in. (source)
• Written pre-application advice costs £230 for works to a house or £115 for works elsewhere in the garden, including VAT (2026/27 charges); the council aims to reply within 25 working days of payment. (source)

Design guidance: Householder applications guidance (January 2004). Listed by the council as a guidance document, alongside the Parking Standards for Residential Development SPD (December 2015).

Other local costs and documents in Epsom and Ewell

• The council does not give pre-application advice on highways, flooding or drainage, which are for Surrey County Council. (source)
• The council does not answer emails asking whether planning permission is needed. (source)
• The development plan is the Core Strategy (2007), Plan E (2011) and Development Management Policies (2015); the Stoneleigh and Auriol Neighbourhood Plan was made on 10 March 2026. (source)

Planning and building regulations drawings in Epsom and Ewell

The same published prices apply in Epsom and Ewell as everywhere we work.

• planning permission drawings in Epsom and Ewell: £895, survey to submission, with the council fee paid separately.
• building regulations drawings: £795, drawn to the Approved Documents once planning is settled.
• house extension drawings: what a rear, side or wraparound extension needs, from permitted development to a full application.

Where your work is permitted development, a certificate of lawfulness starts at £950. Not sure which applies? Read do I need planning permission? first.

Neighbouring councils

Epsom and Ewell shares a boundary with four council areas where we publish the same council data. Each has its own approval rate, validation checklist and Article 4 areas, so check which council your address falls under before relying on any one page.

Council facts checked 14 October 2026.