Measured building surveys in Redbridge
DrawingsDirect carries out measured building surveys across Redbridge, including South Woodford, Seven Kings and Ilford, from £200. You receive laser-measured existing plans drawn to scale. Redbridge Council made 991 householder decisions in the year to June 2026 and, leaving prior approvals out, decided 96% within eight weeks.
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Where we survey in Redbridge
South Woodford, Snaresbrook, Seven Kings, Ilford and the streets between them are all within the borough, and the fee does not change from one to the next: from £200 for laser-measured existing plans.
If you are looking for a lease-end dilapidation survey, that is a different document and not what we produce. The measured building survey service page explains the deliverable, and Seven Kings has its own page.
How busy Redbridge Council is
Redbridge made 991 householder decisions from July 2025 to June 2026, prior approvals included (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2, released 24 September 2026).
Excluding prior approvals, 96% were decided within eight weeks (our analysis of the same table). Whatever the pace, submitted plans are only as reliable as the dimensions they were drawn from.
Over the eastern boundary, see our Havering page.
Redbridge made 991 householder decisions from July 2025 to June 2026, prior approvals included (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2, released 24 September 2026).
Conservation areas in Redbridge
The national planning data platform's register shows 19 conservation-area entries for Redbridge (our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform datasets, snapshot retrieved 14 August 2026). The figure is for the whole borough, so confirm your own address on Redbridge Council's conservation area map.
Drawing standards the council applies
GOV.UK planning practice guidance requires an identified scale and north on plans, with location plans typically at 1:1250 or 1:2500. Once the survey is in hand, planning drawings can be drawn on it; pricing lists the steps.
Sources
Every figure on this page, where it comes from and a link to the original.
| Figure | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 991 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 96% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 19 | 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 |