House extension drawings in Redbridge, with daylight in mind
A daylight objection to a house extension in Snaresbrook or elsewhere in Redbridge is a point the case officer weighs from your drawings, so the plans and sections must show the neighbouring windows clearly. DrawingsDirect draws rear extensions in Redbridge from £695. We do not carry out daylight assessments.
Fixed fee from £495 drawings + £200 survey (£695 total) · all prices
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How a neighbour's daylight objection reaches the case officer
When you apply for a householder extension, the council notifies neighbours and they may comment. Loss of daylight to a window or garden is a point a neighbour can raise, and the officer has only your drawings and the site visit to judge it by.
That is why we draw the neighbouring windows onto the plans, mark the boundary, and add a section through the extension that shows its height where it meets the next house. A reader can then see what the extension stands in front of. Right to light is a separate civil matter between neighbours, outside the planning decision. If a neighbour raises it, a specialist surveyor is the right adviser, and our measured building survey gives that surveyor accurate existing drawings to start from.
Permitted development, prior approval or a planning application
A single-storey rear extension on a house that is not detached can go back 3 metres under permitted development. A larger home extension, which needs the council's prior approval, can reach 6 metres on the same type of house (GPDO 2015, Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A, on legislation.gov.uk).
In the eight quarters to 2026 Q2 Redbridge determined 308 larger home extension prior approvals and granted 29% of them (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS1). Notifications the council decided did not need prior approval are not in those counts, so 29% is not the share of all deep extensions that go ahead. Neighbours are consulted on this route too, so we check the neighbour's side before recommending it. Our prior approval guide explains the steps.
Our analysis of the MHCLG Planning Data Platform finds 19 live conservation-area entries on the national register for Redbridge (bulk snapshot retrieved 14 Aug 2026).
What Redbridge decided on householder applications
Redbridge decided 991 householder applications in the four quarters to 2026 Q2, including prior approvals, and granted 83% of them (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2). Excluding prior approvals, 96% of householder decisions were made within 8 weeks.
A grant rate describes the council's past decisions on all householder schemes. It says nothing certain about yours, and we make no promise about any outcome. It does show that a clear, consistent set of drawings is the normal starting point for a householder extension in the borough.
Snaresbrook, Woodford and the conservation areas
Our analysis of the MHCLG Planning Data Platform finds 19 live conservation-area entries on the national register for Redbridge (bulk snapshot retrieved 14 Aug 2026). The register may be incomplete, so it is not the council's own total.
Houses in Snaresbrook, Woodford and the rest of the borough can sit inside one. Look your road up on Redbridge Council's conservation area map before you settle the design, because the rules on extensions are tighter there. Our conservation area extension guide covers what changes.
The council fee and our fee for a Redbridge extension
The statutory fee for a householder application to enlarge, improve or alter a single dwellinghouse is £548 from 1 April 2026, paid to the council when you apply.
Our fees are separate. Rear extension drawings start from £695, and the pricing page lists every fixed fee. If you are weighing a deeper or wider scheme, our rear extension drawings page shows what each set contains.
Sources
Every figure on this page, where it comes from and a link to the original.
| Figure | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| £695 | DrawingsDirect starting fixed fee for single-storey rear extension drawings (survey and planning or permitted development drawings), from the published price list | drawingsdirect.co.uk |
| 3 metres | GPDO 2015 Sch 2 Pt 1 Class A.1(f)(i): a single-storey rear extension may extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by up to 3 metres, house other than detached (source wording: 3 metres) | www.legislation.gov.uk |
| 6 metres | GPDO 2015 Sch 2 Pt 1 Class A.1(g): larger home extension under the prior approval process (A.4), house other than detached, up to 6 metres beyond the original rear wall (source wording: 6 metres) | www.legislation.gov.uk |
| 991 | 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 |
| 96% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 19 | 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 |
| 308 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS1 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 29% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS1 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.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 |