Measured building surveys in Carshalton
A measured building survey in Carshalton records your home's dimensions and gives you laser-measured existing plans, from £200 at DrawingsDirect. It does not assess right to light. Sutton Council granted 92% of the 601 householder decisions it made in the year to June 2026.
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Right to light or measured survey: which report do you need?
Many Carshalton searches ask for right-of-light surveys. That is a specialist study of how much daylight a window keeps once a neighbouring building goes up. A measured building survey does something earlier and simpler: it records the building as it stands, so proposed drawings start from true dimensions. The two can be needed on one project, and the measured plans are useful input for either.
What a Carshalton survey delivers
Laser-measured existing plans of the property, for a fixed fee from £200. The measured building survey service page gives the full description, and our pricing sets out the drawings that commonly follow.
Between 2021 and 2026 the Planning Inspectorate decided 139 householder appeals in Sutton and allowed 41% (our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database).
Most Sutton householder cases are full applications
Over the year to June 2026, 92% of Sutton Council's 601 householder decisions were grants (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2). Prior approvals were only 4% of those decisions, so most were full householder applications judged on drawings.
That is the point where accurate plans matter: GOV.UK planning practice guidance on making an application requires every plan or drawing to be drawn to an identified scale, and plans to show north.
When an extension goes the prior approval route
Across the two years to June 2026, Sutton determined 98 prior approval applications for larger home extensions and granted 24% of them (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS1). Drawings for that route are judged on neighbour impact, so the measured dimensions need to be right before submission.
Appeals and conservation areas around SM5
Between 2021 and 2026 the Planning Inspectorate decided 139 householder appeals in Sutton and allowed 41% (our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database).
The national register lists 15 conservation-area entries for Sutton (our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform datasets, retrieved 14 August 2026). Check Sutton Council's own map for your road.
Next step
Send your address and the project through the form on this page. If an application follows the survey, planning drawings describes the usual next stage.
Sources
Every figure on this page, where it comes from and a link to the original.
| Figure | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 601 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 92% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 4% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 98 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS1 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 24% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS1 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 139 | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 41% | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 15 | 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 |
| £200 | DrawingsDirect starting fixed fee for a laser-measured building survey in Carshalton, with existing plans | drawingsdirect.co.uk |
| identified scale | National planning practice guidance (Making an application, para 023): drawings must carry an identified scale and plans must show the direction of north | www.gov.uk |
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