Measured building surveyors in Poplar
Laser-measured existing plans of a Poplar, E14 home, drawn to scale, are what our measured building survey delivers, from £200. It suits houses and flats around Coldharbour and the Isle of Dogs. The national register on the planning data platform holds 61 conservation-area entries for Tower Hamlets.
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Houses and flats in E14
Poplar mixes terraces, converted flats and newer blocks. In each case the survey does the same job: it records the layout and dimensions so a designer can draw from facts, not estimates. Prices start at £200.
It is not a dilapidation report and not a condition survey. See the measured building survey service for the deliverable, or floor plans if plans alone are what you need.
Tower Hamlets: conservation areas first
Those 61 are national-register entries (our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform datasets, snapshot retrieved 14 August 2026), not the council's own count. Check your Poplar address early on the Tower Hamlets conservation area map.
More on how this affects works is in our guide to extension rules in conservation areas.
Those 61 are national-register entries (our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform datasets, snapshot retrieved 14 August 2026), not the council's own count.
Householder decisions in Tower Hamlets
In the four quarters to June 2026, Tower Hamlets reached 191 householder decisions with prior approvals counted in (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2, released 24 September 2026). Of those that were not prior approvals, 93% came within eight weeks (our analysis of the same table).
The Tower Hamlets measured building survey page gives the borough view.
Scale, north and what the council needs
GOV.UK planning practice guidance says plans must carry an identified scale and north, and location plans are typically 1:1250 or 1:2500. Our pricing page lists the stages that follow.
Sources
Every figure on this page, where it comes from and a link to the original.
| Figure | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 191 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 93% | 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 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 survey flats on the Isle of Dogs?
Does the survey check for a conservation area?
Photographs: Christopher Hilton (CC BY-SA 2.0).
