Measured building surveys in New Cross
We do measured building surveys in New Cross, SE14, from £200, returning laser-measured existing plans to scale. They are the starting drawings for a loft, extension or certificate application, not a condition report. Lewisham Council decided 95% of its householder applications within eight weeks in the year to June 2026, prior approvals excluded.
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A New Cross survey in plain terms
Someone visits, measures every room and the outside of the building with a laser, and you receive plans of the house as it stands, drawn to scale. You pay from £200. There is no design in it, and no opinion on damp, roofs or structure.
Our guide to what a measured building survey is walks through the process before you book.
Lewisham: speed and volume
Across July 2025 to June 2026, Lewisham decided 578 householder applications with prior approvals counted (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2, released 24 September 2026).
Without prior approvals, 95% were made within eight weeks (our analysis of the same table). A fast council still depends on a clean, accurate application, which is why the measured base matters.
Across July 2025 to June 2026, Lewisham decided 578 householder applications with prior approvals counted (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2, released 24 September 2026).
Lewisham's conservation-area register
The national planning data platform carries 30 Lewisham entries on its national conservation-area register (our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform datasets, snapshot retrieved 14 August 2026). Use Lewisham Council's conservation area map, or ask the council, to see whether your New Cross street is covered before you commit to a design.
Parts of the SE14 postcode fall in Southwark rather than Lewisham, so confirm your council. Our Southwark page covers that side, and Lee is another Lewisham district we survey.
What the council expects of drawings
GOV.UK planning practice guidance says plans must carry an identified scale and show north, and that a location plan should typically be 1:1250 or 1:2500. Once the survey is done, planning drawings follow; pricing lists each step.
Sources
Every figure on this page, where it comes from and a link to the original.
| Figure | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 578 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 95% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 30 | 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 |