House extension drawings in Woodford, IG8
A house extension in Woodford starts with a set of drawings that suits the route you choose: a householder planning application to Redbridge, or a rear extension built under permitted development. DrawingsDirect draws single-storey rear extension sets (survey, plus planning or permitted development drawings) from £695 with no VAT to add, the price on our published list.
Fixed fee from £495 drawings + £200 survey (£695 total) · all prices
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Which route does your Woodford extension take?
For a single-storey rear extension on a house that is not detached, permitted development allows the extension to project up to 3 metres beyond the rear wall of the original house (GPDO 2015, Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A.1(f)(i)). Go beyond that and you need either a householder planning application or, for a larger home extension, the prior approval process.
The prior approval route lifts the limit to 6 metres beyond the original rear wall for a house that is not detached (Class A.1(g), assessed under A.4). A detached house has different limits, so check yours before you fix a depth. Whichever route you pick, the drawings are what you apply with, so the choice should come before the design.
What Redbridge decided on householder applications
Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics (table PS2, quarters 2025 Q3 to 2026 Q2) shows Redbridge decided 991 householder applications over those four quarters, prior approvals included. It granted 83% of them.
On speed, 96% of Redbridge's householder decisions, excluding prior approvals, were made within eight weeks over the same four quarters. These are borough-wide figures: they describe the council's workload, not the odds for your particular extension.
Our analysis of the MHCLG Planning Data Platform (bulk snapshot retrieved 14 Aug 2026) counts 19 live conservation-area entries for Redbridge.
Larger home extension prior approvals in Redbridge
Across the eight quarters from 2024 Q3 to 2026 Q2, Redbridge determined 308 larger home extension prior approvals, counting those granted and those refused (our analysis of MHCLG table PS1). Only 29% were granted.
That is a lower share than the householder figure above, and the two are different procedures, so do not compare them as like with like. It does tell you that a 6 metre prior approval deserves drawings that show the neighbours' boundaries and the extension's depth clearly.
Appeals: what happens when a householder refusal is challenged
The Planning Inspectorate casework database lists 271 householder-development appeals in Redbridge decided between 2021 and 2026, either allowed or dismissed. Our analysis finds that 40% were allowed.
An appeal is a slow, uncertain way to get the extension you wanted. Better to put a complete, consistent drawing set in front of the case officer the first time.
Conservation areas around Woodford
Our analysis of the MHCLG Planning Data Platform (bulk snapshot retrieved 14 Aug 2026) counts 19 live conservation-area entries for Redbridge. A conservation area can change what you may build without an application, so look up your address on the council's conservation area map before you commit to a design.
We do not list individual Woodford streets here, because our data is a borough count and does not tie a street to an area.
Fees: the council's and ours
The Redbridge householder application fee for enlarging, improving or altering a single dwellinghouse is £548 from 1 April 2026 (MHCLG, category 6(1)). That fee goes to the council and is separate from our drawing fee.
Our starting fixed fee for single-storey rear extension drawings is £695 with no VAT to add, set out on the pricing page. For the wider service, see house extension drawings across London, or the nearby Woodford Green page if your house is on that side of the IG8 postcode.
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), with no VAT to add, 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 |
| 271 | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 40% | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | 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 |
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