Measured building surveyors in Edgware
DrawingsDirect carries out measured building surveys for Edgware homes from £200 and returns laser-measured existing plans. Barnet Council granted 13% of the 242 larger home extension prior approvals it determined in the two years to June 2026, so the drawings behind a Barnet application deserve care.
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What Edgware homeowners get
Laser-measured existing plans, drawn to scale from measurements taken on site, for a fixed fee from £200. The measured building survey service page gives the full description and our pricing shows the drawings that usually follow.
Barnet and larger home extensions
In the two years to June 2026, Barnet Council determined 242 prior approval applications for larger home extensions and granted 13% of them (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS1). It is the figure most relevant to an Edgware owner weighing a deep single-storey rear extension.
Over the same two years Barnet decided 1,619 certificates of lawful development (our analysis of the same table).
On the national planning data platform, the conservation-area register holds 16 live entries for Barnet (our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform datasets, retrieved 14 August 2026).
Householder planning and appeals in Barnet
Barnet Council decided 1,361 householder applications in the year to June 2026, prior approvals included, and granted 80% of them (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2).
Barnet produced 494 householder appeal decisions between 2021 and 2026, and just over half, 51%, were allowed (our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database). Appeal outcomes depend on the drawings and reasoning put in front of the Inspector.
Conservation areas in Barnet
On the national planning data platform, the conservation-area register holds 16 live entries for Barnet (our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform datasets, retrieved 14 August 2026). Publishing varies between councils, so check your road on Barnet's conservation area map before you plan. A postcode district does not follow council boundaries either, so confirm which council covers your HA8 address.
From survey to submission
GOV.UK planning practice guidance on making an application says plans and drawings must be drawn to an identified scale. A survey taken first means the proposed drawings, whether they go into planning drawings or a certificate application, share one set of dimensions.
Sources
Every figure on this page, where it comes from and a link to the original.
| Figure | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 1,361 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 80% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 242 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS1 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 13% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS1 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 1,619 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS1 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 494 | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 51% | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 16 | 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 Edgware, with existing plans | drawingsdirect.co.uk |
| identified scale | GOV.UK Making an application guidance: applicants must draw plans and drawings to an identified scale | www.gov.uk |