Right to light survey in Forest Gate, E7, and the measured survey behind it
A right to light survey is not something DrawingsDirect carries out. What we do in Forest Gate is laser-measure E7 homes from £200 and draw them to scale, supplying the dimensions a daylight specialist or a Newham planning application relies on.
Fixed fee from £200 · all prices
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Who does what
Daylight and right to light analysis comes from a specialist consultant. The consultant needs a building that has been measured properly, and that is our job: plans, elevations and sections drawn from a visit with a laser.
Searches here also mention topographic surveys, dilapidation surveys and plain measured surveys. Ours is the measured survey of the house or flat. Our guide to measured building surveys shows the output.
Cost and what you get
A laser-measured survey with existing plans starts at £200, our fixed starting fee from the pricing page. A location plan, where a planning application needs one, should typically be at 1:1250 or 1:2500 according to planning practice guidance on GOV.UK; our location and block plans service draws them.
Our analysis of the MHCLG Planning Data Platform (bulk snapshot retrieved 19 Oct 2026) finds 9 entries on the national register of conservation areas for Newham.
Newham in numbers
Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2), found Newham made 388 householder decisions over the four quarters 2025 Q3 to 2026 Q2, prior approvals included.
Our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026, Casework Database 2609) found 92 householder appeals decided in 2021 to 2026, one third of them (33%) allowed. Our planning drawings page for Newham shows the full set an application uses.
Conservation areas in Newham
Our analysis of the MHCLG Planning Data Platform (bulk snapshot retrieved 19 Oct 2026) finds 9 entries on the national register of conservation areas for Newham. Whether yours is one of them depends on the street, so check the council's map. For what a designation means, read the conservation area explainer.
Our analysis of table PS1 counts 633 certificates of lawful development decided by Newham across the eight quarters 2024 Q3 to 2026 Q2.
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 |
| 1:1250 | Planning practice guidance, Making an application, paragraph 024: a location plan should typically be at a scale of 1:1250 or 1:2500 (source wording: "The scale should typically be 1:1250 or 1:2500") | www.gov.uk |
| 388 | 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 Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 33% | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 9 | Our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform conservation-area and article-4-direction datasets (bulk snapshot retrieved 19 Oct 2026) | www.planning.data.gov.uk |
| 633 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS1 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
Questions people ask
Can you tell me if my extension will block a neighbour's light?
Do you survey in E7 only or across Newham?
Is the £200 fee fixed?
Photographs: Chris Whippet (CC BY-SA 2.0).
