Measured building surveys in The Hale, Hale End and Highams Park
Planning a project in The Hale or Hale End? DrawingsDirect measures your home on site and returns scaled plans from £200. Waltham Forest Council decided 771 householder applications in the year to June 2026, prior approvals included, and these surveys are the starting point for drawings of that kind.
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A survey for The Hale, Hale End and Highams Park homes
Searches for this page come from people looking for a measured building surveyor around The Hale, Hale Park and Highams Park. We measure the house walls, rooms, openings and levels, then draw them to scale so your designer starts from fact rather than from estate agent plans.
Prices start at £200 for the survey alone. For the full service description, see the measured building survey page, and for what comes after the survey, our pricing.
Which council decides your application
IG8 is split between councils. Hale End and Highams Park are in Waltham Forest, while much of the rest of IG8, around Woodford Green, is in Redbridge. Confirm yours before you apply.
Over the four quarters to June 2026, Waltham Forest's householder decisions came to 771, with prior approvals counted in (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2). Set prior approvals aside and 90% of the remaining householder decisions were issued inside eight weeks (our analysis of the same table).
Over the four quarters to June 2026, Waltham Forest's householder decisions came to 771, with prior approvals counted in (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2).
Conservation areas near the Hale
Waltham Forest has 15 conservation-area entries on the national register (our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform conservation-area datasets, retrieved 14 August 2026). That is a council-wide register figure, so check your Hale End street on Waltham Forest's own map of its conservation areas.
Walthamstow households can read the Walthamstow survey page, and the Waltham Forest borough page covers the whole council.
What the council expects on a drawing
GOV.UK planning practice guidance on making an application says drawings must be drawn to an identified scale and show the direction of north. For the location plan, it gives 1:1250 or 1:2500 as the typical scale.
A measured survey gives you the existing plans in that form, ready for the house extension drawings or a loft design to build on.
Sources
Every figure on this page, where it comes from and a link to the original.
| Figure | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 771 | 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 |
| 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 |
| identified scale | Planning practice guidance, Making an application, paragraph 023 (ID 14-023-20140306): any plans or drawings must be drawn to an identified scale and plans must show the direction of north | www.gov.uk |
| 1:1250 | Planning practice guidance, Making an application, paragraph 024 (ID 14-024-20140306): location plan scale should typically be 1:1250 or 1:2500 | www.gov.uk |
| £200 | DrawingsDirect starting fixed fee for a measured building survey, from the published price list | drawingsdirect.co.uk |