Measured building surveyors in Highgate
DrawingsDirect measures homes in Highgate from £200 and returns plans drawn to scale. Camden Council decided 394 householder applications in the year to June 2026, prior approvals included, and met the eight-week mark on 61% of those that were not prior approvals. Check the council's current timings before you plan around a date.
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Surveys in Highgate and Southwood
A surveyor measures the walls, rooms, openings and floor levels on site, and we draw them to scale. Existing plans like these are the base for extension, loft or basement designs.
Highgate surveys start at £200. For what the visit records and what you receive, see the measured building survey page.
Camden's householder timings
Camden made 394 householder decisions in the year to June 2026, with prior approvals in that total (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2).
Over the same four quarters, 61% of the householder decisions that were not prior approvals were made within eight weeks (our analysis of the same table). N6 straddles council boundaries, so confirm which council covers your address; the figures here are Camden's.
Camden made 394 householder decisions in the year to June 2026, with prior approvals in that total (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2).
Conservation areas around Highgate
The national register's figure for Camden is 40 conservation-area entries (our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform conservation-area datasets, retrieved 14 August 2026). Highgate households should look their street up on Camden's conservation area map, or ask the council, before design work, because the answer changes how much detail the drawings need.
What the guidance requires
GOV.UK planning practice guidance on making an application says plans and drawings must be drawn to an identified scale and show north. A location plan should typically be 1:1250 or 1:2500.
With the survey done, the building regulations drawings and basement conversion drawings can be drawn from measured plans.
Sources
Every figure on this page, where it comes from and a link to the original.
| Figure | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 394 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 61% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 40 | 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 |