Right to light survey in Addiscombe, CR0: where a measured survey fits
DrawingsDirect does not carry out right to light assessments in Addiscombe. We laser-measure your CR0 home from £200 and draw existing plans to scale, which gives a daylight specialist accurate dimensions to start from and gives your own planning drawings a firm base.
Fixed fee from £200 · all prices
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Is a measured survey the same as a right to light survey?
No. A right to light assessment is specialist daylight analysis and sits with a separate consultant, which is why we do not offer it. A measured building survey records the building itself: room sizes, wall thicknesses, openings and storey heights, drawn as plans, elevations and sections.
The two meet at the drawings. Anyone judging the effect of a new building on a neighbour's windows needs the existing building's dimensions to be right, and that is the part we supply. Our guide to what a measured building survey is shows what comes out of a visit.
What an Addiscombe survey costs
Our published starting fixed fee is £200 for a laser-measured building survey with existing plans, from the pricing page. Send the Addiscombe address and we confirm the figure for your house before you commit. If you only need the layout of each level, floor plans are the lighter option.
Our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026, Casework Database 2609) found 287 householder appeals decided for Croydon between 2021 and 2026, with 39% allowed.
How Croydon treats householder applications
Addiscombe sits in the Croydon council area. Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2), counts 786 householder decisions by Croydon over the four quarters 2025 Q3 to 2026 Q2, prior approvals included, and 87% were granted.
The same analysis shows 95% of householder decisions, prior approvals excluded, were made within 8 weeks. These are borough averages from past decisions and say nothing certain about your house. Our Croydon measured survey page covers the whole borough.
Croydon refusals taken to appeal, and the conservation map
Our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026, Casework Database 2609) found 287 householder appeals decided for Croydon between 2021 and 2026, with 39% allowed.
Our analysis of the MHCLG Planning Data Platform (bulk snapshot retrieved 14 Aug 2026) finds 20 entries on the national register of conservation areas for Croydon. Check your street on the council's conservation area map; our conservation area explainer says what changes inside one.
Our analysis of table PS1 counts 1,005 certificates of lawful development decided by Croydon across the eight quarters 2024 Q3 to 2026 Q2. Government planning practice guidance says plans must be drawn to an "identified scale"; see GOV.UK making an application.
Sources
Every figure on this page, where it comes from and a link to the original.
| Figure | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| £200 | DrawingsDirect starting fixed fee for a laser-measured building survey with existing plans, from the published price list | drawingsdirect.co.uk |
| identified scale | Planning practice guidance, Making an application, paragraph 023: plans and drawings must be drawn to an identified scale and plans must show the direction of north (source wording: "must be drawn to an identified scale") | www.gov.uk |
| 786 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 87% | 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 |
| 287 | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 39% | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 20 | 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 |
| 1,005 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS1 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |