Measured building surveyors for Hornchurch and Emerson Park
If you want drawings for a home in Hornchurch or Emerson Park, start with a measured survey. DrawingsDirect charges from £200 and returns laser-measured plans. Havering Council, which covers RM11, made 985 householder decisions in the four quarters to June 2026, and 98% of the non-prior-approval cases within eight weeks.
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Start with the dimensions, then draw
A measured survey comes before any design work because every drawing inherits its numbers. We visit, measure the rooms and external walls with a laser, and give you plans of the building as it stands today.
From there you can go to planning drawings, a house extension set or a certificate application. The survey service page shows what the visit involves.
Havering decides householder cases quickly
Havering decided 98% of householder applications within eight weeks, excluding prior approvals (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2, released 24 September 2026).
That figure measures the council's speed once an application is valid. It is not a measure of outcomes. What you control is a complete, accurate set of drawings when you submit.
The wider council picture is on our Havering measured survey page.
Havering has 11 entries on the national conservation-area register (our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform datasets, bulk snapshot retrieved 14 August 2026).
Volume of householder work
Across the four quarters to June 2026 the council recorded 985 householder decisions, prior approvals included (our analysis of the same PS2 table). Hornchurch, with Emerson Park and the rest of RM11, sits inside that borough-wide total.
Conservation areas in Havering
Havering has 11 entries on the national conservation-area register (our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform datasets, bulk snapshot retrieved 14 August 2026). It is worth checking the council's conservation area map, or asking Havering directly, whether your Hornchurch road is covered before you settle on materials or window styles.
Plans that meet the national standard
Planning practice guidance on making an application requires an identified scale and a north point on plans. For location plans it suggests 1:1250 or 1:2500. A survey-based drawing set meets that from the first sheet.
Our pricing page shows the fixed fees for the drawing stages that follow.
Sources
Every figure on this page, where it comes from and a link to the original.
| Figure | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 985 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 98% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 11 | 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 |
Questions people ask
Do you cover Emerson Park as well as central Hornchurch?
Is a measured survey the same as a homebuyer report?
Photographs: David Howard (CC BY-SA 2.0).
