Drawings for planning permission in Lewisham
The first drawings for planning permission in Lewisham are floor plans: a measured record of each level today and a second set showing your proposal. DrawingsDirect draws both to scale for Lewisham council, for a fixed fee from £275.
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The drawn set behind a Lewisham householder case
Guidance on gov.uk says plans and drawings must be drawn to an identified scale, and that a location plan should typically be at 1:1250. For a householder project, existing and proposed floor plans come next, with elevations and sections where the change shows outside.
Our planning drawings service covers the full set, and floor plans are where it begins.
Do free loft plans or a floor plan template work?
Free templates and loose sketches rarely carry the survey accuracy a council needs. Plans from a measured survey tie every wall and opening to a real dimension, which avoids rework after the officer's first read.
If your project is a loft, see our loft conversion drawings in Lewisham.
Our analysis of the MHCLG Planning Data Platform conservation-area dataset (snapshot retrieved 14 Aug 2026) finds 30 live conservation-area entries for Lewisham on the national register.
Lewisham's pace on householder decisions
Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (released 24 Sep 2026), shows Lewisham made 578 householder decisions, including prior approvals, over the four quarters from 2025 Q3 to 2026 Q2.
Of householder decisions excluding prior approvals, 95% were made within 8 weeks in that period. Our guide to how long planning permission takes explains the stages around it.
Conservation areas across Lewisham
Our analysis of the MHCLG Planning Data Platform conservation-area dataset (snapshot retrieved 14 Aug 2026) finds 30 live conservation-area entries for Lewisham on the national register. That count covers the whole borough, so look up your own street on Lewisham's conservation area map before you plan.
Cost and booking
The pricing page shows what each later stage costs, and the floor plans service describes what you receive.
Sources
Every figure on this page, where it comes from and a link to the original.
| Figure | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 578 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 95% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 30 | 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 |
| identified scale | Planning practice guidance, Making an application, paragraph 023 (ID 14-023-20140306): any plans or drawings must be drawn to an identified scale and plans must show the direction of north | www.gov.uk |
| 1:1250 | Planning practice guidance, Making an application, paragraph 024 (ID 14-024-20140306): location plan scale should typically be 1:1250 or 1:2500 | www.gov.uk |
| £275 | DrawingsDirect starting fixed fee for floor plans, from the published price list | drawingsdirect.co.uk |
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Photographs: Chris Whippet (CC BY-SA 2.0).
