Architectural drawings in Worcester Park
An existing and proposed set of architectural drawings for a Worcester Park home starts at £745 with no VAT to add from DrawingsDirect, drawn by chartered architectural technologists. A set like this gives a householder application scaled plans, elevations and a north point to be read from.
Fixed fee from £545 drawings + £200 survey (£745 total) · all prices
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What the set contains and what the council needs from it
Searching for architectural drawings in Worcester Park usually means one of two jobs: recording the house as it stands, or showing what you want to change. Our existing and proposed set covers both, from the published price list at £745 with no VAT to add.
National planning guidance is plain about the basics. Plans and drawings must be drawn to an identified scale, and plans must show the direction of north. A sketch that lacks either is not a drawing a council can work from.
Why the drawings carry no protected title
The Architects Act reserves a professional title to registered individuals, and we do not use it. DrawingsDirect is a practice of chartered architectural technologists, and the sheets are described only by what they are: plans, elevations and sections.
On appeal, 169 householder cases have been decided in the Planning Inspectorate casework database, and 44% were allowed.
Kingston's householder figures
The figures here are Kingston's, from the government planning statistics for the latest four quarters. The council made 1,100 planning decisions in total, 742 of them householder decisions, and 83% of those householder applications were granted.
Of the householder decisions, 93% were made within eight weeks. These cover all home improvements in the borough, so they describe the setting for your application and do not forecast it.
Appeals and designations
On appeal, 169 householder cases have been decided in the Planning Inspectorate casework database, and 44% were allowed. Those cases are refused schemes only, so the figure says little about the average application.
Kingston has 28 live conservation-area entries in the national data. The article 4 direction register near the KT4 postcode centre shows 2 live rows. The register is incomplete, so that count is a lower bound, and the council's map is the thing to check.
Fees you will pay on top
A householder planning application costs £548 in council fees. It is paid to the council, separate from the price of the drawings.
Sources
Every figure on this page, where it comes from and a link to the original.
| Figure | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| £745 | DrawingsDirect starting fixed fee for an existing and proposed set of architectural drawings, with no VAT to add, from the published price list | drawingsdirect.co.uk |
| identified scale | Planning practice guidance, Making an application, paragraph 023: plans and drawings must be drawn to an identified scale and plans must show the direction of north (source wording: "must be drawn to an identified scale") | www.gov.uk |
| Architects Act 1997 | Architects Act 1997 s20(1): a person may not practise or carry on business under a name, style or title containing the word "architect" unless registered (source wording: "A person shall not practise or carry on business under any name, style or title containing the word") | www.legislation.gov.uk |
| 742 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 83% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 93% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 169 | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 44% | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 28 | 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 |
| 1,100 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 2 | Our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform article-4-direction-area dataset (entity API, retrieved 15 Oct 2026) | www.planning.data.gov.uk |
| £548 | Fees for planning applications in England from 1 April 2026 (MHCLG, SI 2012/2920 as annually indexed), category 6(1): householder application for the enlargement, improvement or alteration of a single dwellinghouse (source wording: £548) | assets.publishing.service.gov.uk |