Measured building surveyors in Hackney
Measured building surveyors in Hackney, from Hackney Central and Homerton to Hackney Wick: DrawingsDirect carries out a laser-measured building survey with existing plans from £200, a fixed fee. MCIAT chartered architectural technologists measure your home and draw its existing plans to scale.
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Appeals and the first set of drawings
Our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026, Casework Database 2609) found 216 householder appeals decided for Hackney in 2021 to 2026, and 49% were allowed. That is a record of past decisions, not a forecast for your application.
Whichever way your own application goes, the survey gives every later drawing a sound base of measured, accurate existing plans. The survey fee starts from £200, and the pricing page lists other fees.
What Hackney decides
Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) counts 415 householder decisions by Hackney over the four quarters 2025 Q3 to 2026 Q2, including prior approvals, and 85% were granted.
Excluding prior approvals, 90% of householder decisions in that period were made within 8 weeks. Both are averages across all householder work in the borough. If you want only a scaled plan, see floor plans in Hackney.
Our analysis of table PS1 counts 509 certificates of lawful development decided by Hackney across the eight quarters 2024 Q3 to 2026 Q2.
Conservation areas across Hackney
Our analysis of the MHCLG Planning Data Platform (bulk snapshot retrieved 19 Oct 2026) finds 37 entries on the national register of conservation areas for Hackney. Whether you are in Hackney Central, Homerton or Hackney Wick, check your street on the council's own conservation area map, and read our glossary entry on conservation areas.
Certificates and the scale rules
Our analysis of table PS1 counts 509 certificates of lawful development decided by Hackney across the eight quarters 2024 Q3 to 2026 Q2. Each needs accurate existing drawings.
Planning practice guidance says plans and drawings must be drawn to an "identified scale", and a location plan should typically be at 1:1250 or 1:2500; the text is on GOV.UK. Our planning drawings are built on the survey.
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 |
| 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 |
| 415 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 85% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 90% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 216 | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 49% | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 37 | 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 |
| 509 | 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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