Measured building surveyors in Bethnal Green, E2
If you want a measured building surveyor in Bethnal Green, DrawingsDirect laser-measures E2 homes from £200 and draws existing plans to scale. We are MCIAT chartered architectural technologists, so the survey is made to feed planning and Building Regulations drawings.
Fixed fee from £200 · all prices
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What kind of surveyor measures a building for drawings?
Searchers use several names for this job. What matters is the output: scaled plans, elevations and sections of the building as it stands. We produce those, and we do not offer dilapidation inspections, so ask a specialist for those.
Our starting fixed fee is £200 for a laser-measured survey with existing plans. The measured building survey service explains the visit.
61 conservation-area entries in Tower Hamlets
Our analysis of the MHCLG Planning Data Platform (bulk snapshot retrieved 14 Aug 2026) finds 61 entries on the national register of conservation areas for Tower Hamlets. Look at the council's conservation area map for your address to see whether it is one.
Inside a conservation area the rules on external changes tighten; our conservation area glossary entry gives the basics.
Our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026, Casework Database 2609) found 66 householder appeals decided for Tower Hamlets in 2021 to 2026, with 24% allowed.
How Tower Hamlets decides
Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2), counts 191 householder decisions by Tower Hamlets over the four quarters 2025 Q3 to 2026 Q2, prior approvals included, and 93% were granted.
Our analysis of table PS1 counts 258 certificates of lawful development decided over the eight quarters 2024 Q3 to 2026 Q2. Both numbers are history across the borough, not a forecast for your home.
Appeals and drawing scale
Our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026, Casework Database 2609) found 66 householder appeals decided for Tower Hamlets in 2021 to 2026, with 24% allowed.
Planning practice guidance requires plans to be drawn to an "identified scale" and to show north, set out on GOV.UK. For a lighter product, see our floor plans, and our Tower Hamlets survey page covers the borough.
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 |
| 191 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 93% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 66 | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 24% | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 61 | 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 |
| 258 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS1 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
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Photographs: Christopher Hilton (CC BY-SA 2.0).
