Floor plans in Bow, E3
Floor plans for a home in Bow, E3, start at £275 as a fixed fee. We measure on site and draw each level to an identified scale with north marked. Tower Hamlets has 61 conservation-area entries on the national register, so check your street before designing any change.
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Our analysis of the MHCLG Planning Data Platform counts 61 entries on the national register of conservation areas for Tower Hamlets. The register is a guide only; the council's own conservation area map is the one to check for your street.
Article 4 directions can also remove permitted development rights. Our analysis of the Planning Data Platform's article-4-direction-area dataset (retrieved 15 Oct 2026) found 9 live register rows intersecting a small envelope around the E3 centroid. The register is incomplete, so that is a lower bound and not proof of coverage. Ask the council before you rely on a right that might have been taken away. Our Article 4 direction guide explains how.
What the £275 buys
£275 is the starting fixed fee for scaled floor plans for sale, letting or lease. A bigger property, or extra drawings, is quoted: see the pricing page.
Government planning practice guidance expects plans to be drawn to an identified scale and a location plan to be typically 1:1250 or 1:2500. The wording is in Making an application.
Tower Hamlets decided 258 certificates of lawful development across the eight quarters from 2024 Q3 to 2026 Q2 (our analysis of table PS1).
Tower Hamlets: 191 householder decisions in a year
Our analysis of the MHCLG planning application statistics (table PS2, released 24 Sep 2026) shows Tower Hamlets council made 191 householder decisions in the four quarters from 2025 Q3 to 2026 Q2 and granted 93%.
Of 66 householder appeals decided between 2021 and 2026, 24% were allowed (our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database, release 2609). Small numbers move percentages quickly, so treat both as a record rather than a forecast.
Certificates, applications and the borough page
Tower Hamlets decided 258 certificates of lawful development across the eight quarters from 2024 Q3 to 2026 Q2 (our analysis of table PS1). If your plan is the evidence for one, or for an application, read planning permission in Tower Hamlets and measured building surveys in Tower Hamlets. The borough-level page is floor plans in Tower Hamlets.
Sources
Every figure on this page, where it comes from and a link to the original.
| Figure | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| £275 | DrawingsDirect starting fixed fee for scaled floor plans for sale, letting or lease, 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 |
| 1:1250 | Planning practice guidance, Making an application, paragraph 024: a location plan should typically be at a scale of 1:1250 or 1:2500 (source wording: "The scale should typically be 1:1250 or 1:2500") | www.gov.uk |
| 191 | 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 |
| 66 | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 24% | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 61 | 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 |
| 9 | Our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform article-4-direction-area dataset (entity API, retrieved 15 Oct 2026) | www.planning.data.gov.uk |
| 258 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS1 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
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