Measured building surveys in Ham and Petersham
DrawingsDirect measures homes in Ham and Petersham from £200 and returns scaled plans of the building as it stands. Richmond upon Thames decided 1,302 householder applications in the year to June 2026, prior approvals included, and an accurate survey is where drawings for those applications begin.
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Surveying a Ham or Petersham house
We record walls, rooms, openings and levels on site and draw them to scale. Measured plans stop a Ham or Petersham design from relying on assumed dimensions. Government planning practice guidance asks for drawings at an identified scale with north shown, and a location plan typically at 1:1250, so the survey is set up for both.
Our fee for the survey is from £200. The measured building survey service page sets out the whole offer, and our pricing covers the drawing packages that follow.
Richmond upon Thames in numbers
In the year to June 2026 Richmond upon Thames decided 1,302 householder applications, prior approvals included (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2).
Of the householder decisions that were not prior approvals, 99% were made within eight weeks over the same four quarters (our analysis of the same table). The Richmond borough survey page has the wider council picture.
In the year to June 2026 Richmond upon Thames decided 1,302 householder applications, prior approvals included (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2).
Conservation areas in Richmond upon Thames
For Richmond upon Thames, 85 live conservation-area records appear on the national planning data platform (our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform conservation-area datasets, retrieved 14 August 2026). Those are register entries and the figure is council-wide, so confirm your property's status on Richmond Council's conservation area map before any design work.
Where a conservation area applies, a survey gives you a clear record of the existing building to design from.
Party walls and shared boundaries
If your Ham or Petersham project touches a shared wall, the GOV.UK party wall guidance explains when a notice is needed. Our party wall notices and drawings page covers the paperwork we prepare.
Measured plans of the shared walls make that paperwork easier to describe accurately.
Sources
Every figure on this page, where it comes from and a link to the original.
| Figure | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 1,302 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 99% | 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 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 |