Architectural drawings in Brent
Brent checks each planning application against its validation requirements before the decision period starts, so the drawings need to be complete and consistent on the day you apply. DrawingsDirect, MCIAT chartered architectural technologists, draws the plans, elevations and sections that go with a Brent application, for a fixed fee.
Fixed fee from £545 drawings + £200 survey (£745 total) · all prices
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Drawings the case officer checks before the clock starts
The decision period runs from the date the council holds a valid application, so an incomplete or inconsistent set costs time before anyone has looked at the design. Brent publishes its own list of what it expects with an application on its planning pages.
We draw the existing and proposed floor plans, elevations and sections to match each other, so that a dimension on one sheet agrees with the same dimension on the next. If you want to see how a floor plan alone is prepared for Brent, read about floor plans in Brent.
What Brent decided on householder applications
Between 2025 Q3 and 2026 Q2, Brent decided 879 householder applications, including prior approvals, and granted 761 of them (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2). The same analysis finds that 97% of Brent's householder decisions, excluding prior approvals, were made within 8 weeks over those four quarters.
A decision figure says how busy the council is. It says nothing about your house, which is why the drawings carry so much weight: the case officer judges a proposal from the plans and elevations in front of them. Our architectural drawings service covers the full set.
Our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026, Casework Database 2609) counts 744 Brent planning appeals decided, with 242 allowed, for decisions 2021 to 2026.
Is your Brent street in a conservation area or under an Article 4 direction?
Our analysis of the MHCLG Planning Data Platform finds 23 conservation-area entries and 39 Article 4 direction entries on the national register for Brent (bulk snapshot retrieved 14 Aug 2026); the register may be incomplete, so it is not the council's own total. Either designation can take away permitted development rights or add heritage questions to an application.
Look your address up on Brent Council's conservation area map before you commit to a design. Our guide to Article 4 directions in London explains what a direction changes and how to find out whether one covers your street.
Prior approval and lawful development certificates in Brent
Some extensions skip a full planning application. In the eight quarters from 2024 Q3 to 2026 Q2, Brent determined 186 larger home extension prior approvals, and refused 171 of them (our analysis of MHCLG table PS1). Those counts cover only the notifications where Brent found prior approval was required; the ones it found did not need approval are not in them. The route is decided on the information you submit, so the drawings and neighbour details still matter.
Over the same eight quarters Brent decided 866 certificates of lawful development. If you are unsure which route your project needs, read do I need a lawful development certificate or look at our lawful development certificate drawings.
When Brent refuses: the appeal record
Our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026, Casework Database 2609) counts 744 Brent planning appeals decided, with 242 allowed, for decisions 2021 to 2026.
Rather than plan on an appeal, answer the likely objections in the first set of drawings: overlooking, scale and the effect on neighbours.
How we work on a Brent drawing set
You send us your address and a description of the project. We confirm the scope and the fee before work starts; the fixed fees are on our pricing page. Free redraws are included if the council asks for changes to the drawings.
We are chartered architectural technologists (MCIAT). Use the quote form on this page to start.
Sources
Every figure on this page, where it comes from and a link to the original.
| Figure | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 879 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 761 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 97% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 23 | Our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform conservation-area and article-4-direction datasets (bulk snapshot retrieved 14 Aug 2026) | www.planning.data.gov.uk |
| 39 | Our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform conservation-area and article-4-direction datasets (bulk snapshot retrieved 14 Aug 2026) | www.planning.data.gov.uk |
| 186 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS1 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 171 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS1 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 866 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS1 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 744 | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 242 | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
Questions people ask
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