Floor Plans in Rotherhithe SE16
Fixed-fee, MCIAT-chartered floor plans for Rotherhithe (SE16) homeowners — London Borough of Southwark validation and local constraints handled from the start.
Rotherhithe (SE16) in Southwark wraps around the former Surrey Docks, combining the small historic riverside village of Edward III's Rotherhithe with the extensive low-rise housing built across the docks from the 1980s. It is a very different context from inner Southwark's Victorian terraces, and the projects here — and the constraints on them — reflect that.
The Edward III's Rotherhithe conservation area protects the historic core around St Mary's church, while Southwark's Article 4 directions in SE16 concern the Canada Water town centre and the major Surrey Quays regeneration sites rather than householder alterations. Much of the housing is flats or warehouse conversions, so we check the lease alongside the planning position.
Planning in Rotherhithe (SE16): what to know before you apply
SE16's Article 4 directions relate to Canada Water town centre and the Surrey Quays regeneration sites rather than household extensions, and the Edward III's Rotherhithe conservation area is the main householder control. Because so much of Rotherhithe is leasehold flats and warehouse conversions on the Thames flood plain, external works often depend on the lease and on flood-resilient design as much as on planning.
Typical Rotherhithe housing stock
The historic riverside core of Edward III's Rotherhithe around St Mary's church, converted Victorian warehouses along the Thames, and the 1980s–2000s low-rise houses and flats built across the former Surrey Docks.
Streets we regularly draw for in Rotherhithe
Rotherhithe Street · Albion Street · Brunel Road · Salter Road
What SE16 is actually built of
Measured from 370 classified residential buildings in SE16, not from a description of the area.
Rotherhithe SE16 housing mix
Residential building form across the SE16 postcode district, from 370 classified buildings.
| Attached on more than one side | 68% |
|---|---|
| Attached on one side | 29% |
| Detached | 4% |
| Median building footprint | 49 m² |
| Addresses per buildingAbove about 2 means flats and maisonettes dominate | 3.26 |
| Buildings classified | 370 |
Source: Ordnance Survey National Geographic Database (derived statistics). Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Extracted 2026-08-17.
Floor Plans for Rotherhithe (SE16) homes: the package and the process
A floor plan is only as good as the survey behind it. Room dimensions taken from a laser survey rather than an estate agent's sketch, wall thicknesses drawn as they actually are, and structural walls distinguished from partitions — those are what make a plan usable for design work rather than just for marketing.
We issue plans at a stated scale with a scale bar, so they stay measurable when printed or resized, and supply them in formats that work for the next stage: a PDF to share, and CAD where an architect, engineer or kitchen designer needs to draw on top of it.
The plan itself carries the building's history. Chimney breasts, blocked openings, changes in floor level and an outrigger that has been extended more than once all show up in a measured plan, and they are precisely the things a sketched plan leaves out.
What are floor plans used for?
Floor plans serve several distinct purposes in London property: estate agents use them to market a sale or letting alongside photographs, giving buyers and tenants an accurate sense of layout and scale that a floor plan on its own can convey better than photos; solicitors and lenders often require a lease plan showing the demise of a flat within a building, particularly for leasehold sales or re-mortgages; landlords use them to document a property's layout for reference, insurance or portfolio management; and homeowners use them simply to have an accurate record of their existing layout, whether for their own reference or as the first step before considering any building work.
How accurate are laser-measured floor plans?
We measure every floor plan on site using a laser distance meter rather than a tape measure or estimation from photographs, which keeps room dimensions, wall thicknesses and door and window positions accurate to within a few millimetres. This matters more than it might seem: an estate agent's marketing plan that overstates a room's size can mislead a buyer and cause problems at survey stage, while a lease plan used for legal purposes needs to accurately reflect what a leaseholder actually owns. A laser-measured plan also means that if you later want to use it as the existing-layout drawing for a planning application, it is already accurate enough to build proposed drawings on top of, rather than needing to be re-measured.
How much do floor plans cost in London?
A single floor-plan set starts from £450, which covers a laser-measured site visit and scaled, dimensioned drawings of each floor of the property. The exact fee depends on the number of floors, the overall size of the property, and whether you need elevations or a site plan in addition to the floor plans themselves — for example, for a lease plan or as the base for a future planning application. This is a fixed fee agreed upfront, with no hourly billing.
| Floor plans | Full planning drawing set | |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Record of existing layout | Existing layout plus a designed proposal |
| Includes a proposed design | No | Yes |
| Submitted to the council | No | Yes, via the Planning Portal |
| Typical turnaround | A few days | Around 7 days from survey |
| Fee guide | From £450 | From £1,600 |
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