Measured building surveyors in Earl's Court
DrawingsDirect carries out measured building surveys in Earl's Court and across the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea from £200, returning laser-measured existing plans. The Royal Borough granted 94% of its 664 householder decisions in the year to June 2026, prior approvals included.
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Measured, utility, topographic or Level 3: four different surveys
Earl's Court searches name all four, and each answers a different question. A utility survey locates buried services. A topographic survey maps land levels and features. A Level 3 building survey reports on a building's condition in depth. A measured building survey records the building's dimensions and layout so that drawings can start from true figures.
DrawingsDirect provides the last of these. The measured building survey service page describes it, and Chelsea addresses are in the same borough.
Price and output
The fee starts at £200 and the result is a set of laser-measured existing plans. Our pricing lists the later drawing packages those plans feed into.
Kensington and Chelsea householders had 182 appeals decided between 2021 and 2026, and 42% of them were allowed (our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database).
The Royal Borough's householder decisions
In the year to June 2026 the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea decided 664 householder applications and granted 94% of them (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2). Prior approvals made up 59% of those householder decisions, so the headline count mixes full applications with permitted-development checks.
Leaving prior approvals aside, 92% of the Royal Borough's householder decisions came within eight weeks (our analysis of the same table).
The council-wide Kensington and Chelsea page gives the borough view.
Conservation areas and article 4 entries
For Kensington and Chelsea, the national register lists 41 conservation-area entries and 84 article 4 direction entries, and it may be incomplete (our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform datasets, retrieved 14 August 2026). Entries are not a measure of how strict a council is, and publishing varies, so use the Royal Borough's conservation area map and confirm with the council what applies to your building before you rely on permitted development.
Householder appeals since 2021
Kensington and Chelsea householders had 182 appeals decided between 2021 and 2026, and 42% of them were allowed (our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database).
Drawings go to the council or the Inspectorate to be judged on their own, and GOV.UK planning practice guidance on making an application says each must show an identified scale. Planning drawings is the next stage after the survey.
Sources
Every figure on this page, where it comes from and a link to the original.
| Figure | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 664 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 94% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 59% | 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 |
| 182 | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 42% | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 41 | 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 |
| 84 | 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 Earl's Court, with existing plans | drawingsdirect.co.uk |
| identified scale | Planning practice guidance on making an application: an identified scale is required on every plan or drawing submitted | www.gov.uk |