Floor plans for homes in Bromley BR1
DrawingsDirect draws measured existing and proposed floor plans for homes in Bromley BR1. Our fixed fee for a measured survey with floor plans starts at £275. MCIAT chartered architectural technologists survey the house, draw it to scale and prepare the plans Bromley council expects with a householder application.
Fixed fee from £275 · all prices
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What should floor plans for a BR1 house show?
Existing plans record the house as it stands today. Proposed plans show every room, wall and opening after the work. Planning guidance on gov.uk says plans and drawings must be drawn to an identified scale and, for plans, must show the direction of north.
We draw both sets from our own measured building survey, so the walls on paper match the walls in the house.
How Bromley council has been deciding householder applications
Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2, shows Bromley council made 1,609 householder decisions, including prior approvals, over the four quarters from 2025 Q3 to 2026 Q2. It granted 1,264 of them.
That is a grant rate of 79% for Bromley, against 90% across England over the same four quarters, so the council's validation list is worth reading before anyone starts drawing. These are council-wide figures, because the statistics are not published for postcode districts such as BR1.
On speed, our analysis of the same table shows 90% of Bromley householder decisions, leaving out prior approvals, were made within 8 weeks.
Our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 October 2026) counts 563 householder appeals decided for Bromley between 2021 and 2026, with 211 allowed.
Conservation areas and article 4 directions near BR1
Some streets lose permitted development rights, and the plans then need a full application. Our analysis of the MHCLG Planning Data Platform conservation-area and article 4 direction datasets (snapshot retrieved 19 October 2026) finds 108 article 4 direction entries and 73 conservation-area entries on the national register for Bromley.
The national register is incomplete, so an empty result for your street proves nothing. Read our guides to article 4 directions and conservation area extension rules, then look up BR1 on the map on Bromley's website and ask the council to confirm.
What happens when a householder case goes to appeal
Our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 October 2026) counts 563 householder appeals decided for Bromley between 2021 and 2026, with 211 allowed. Drawings that explain the proposal clearly are the evidence an inspector reads first. Our guide to the planning appeal process sets out the steps.
Where floor plans fit in a Bromley application
Floor plans sit beside elevations, sections and a site plan. If you want the full set prepared for Bromley, see our planning permission service for Bromley. If you only need the plans, our floor plans service has the details, and the pricing page lists every fixed fee.
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 floor plans measured on site | drawingsdirect.co.uk |
| 1,609 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 1,264 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 79% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 90% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 90% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 563 | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 211 | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 108 | Our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform conservation-area and article-4-direction datasets (bulk snapshot retrieved 19 Oct 2026) | www.planning.data.gov.uk |
| 73 | Our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform conservation-area and article-4-direction datasets (bulk snapshot retrieved 19 Oct 2026) | www.planning.data.gov.uk |
| identified scale | Planning practice guidance, Making an application (paragraph 023): any plans or drawings must be drawn to an identified scale and, in the case of plans, must show the direction of north | www.gov.uk |
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