Measured building surveys in Harefield, UB9
For a survey in Harefield, DrawingsDirect has a fixed fee from £200, covering laser measurement of the building and its existing plans. If you are searching for a BIM survey, tell us what the model has to feed before you instruct, and MCIAT chartered architectural technologists will say plainly whether our survey fits.
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Asking for a BIM survey in Harefield
If you searched for a BIM survey in Harefield, you may want a 3D model for a designer, or you may only need accurate existing drawings. Our standard survey records the building by laser and draws existing plans, so it fits the second need.
If you need a model or a particular file format, say so when you send the address. We will confirm whether it is in scope and what it adds to the fee, and the pricing page shows what is fixed.
What Hillingdon decides
Harefield sits in Hillingdon. Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) counts 1,147 householder decisions by Hillingdon over the four quarters 2025 Q3 to 2026 Q2, including prior approvals, and 90% were granted.
Excluding prior approvals, 94% of householder decisions in that period were made within 8 weeks. The figures cover all householder work across the borough, not one type of project.
Excluding prior approvals, 94% of householder decisions in that period were made within 8 weeks.
Appeals, conservation areas and certificates
Our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026, Casework Database 2609) found 415 householder appeals decided for Hillingdon in 2021 to 2026, and 43% were allowed. Treat it as a record of what happened.
Our analysis of the MHCLG Planning Data Platform (bulk snapshot retrieved 14 Aug 2026) finds 42 entries on the national register of conservation areas for Hillingdon; check the council's own map for your road. Our analysis of table PS1 counts 1,136 certificates of lawful development decided by Hillingdon across the eight quarters 2024 Q3 to 2026 Q2, a route covered by our lawful development certificate drawings.
From survey to submission
Government planning practice guidance says plans and drawings must be drawn to an "identified scale" and that a location plan should typically be at 1:1250 or 1:2500, as set out on GOV.UK. Our floor plans in Hillingdon and our planning drawings both start from 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 |
| 1,147 | 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 |
| 94% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 415 | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 43% | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 42 | 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 |
| 1,136 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS1 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |