Measured building surveys in Shepherd's Bush
A measured building survey of a Shepherd's Bush home costs from £200 with DrawingsDirect and returns laser-measured existing plans. It measures the building; it does not value it or report on condition. Hammersmith & Fulham decided 87% of its householder applications within eight weeks, prior approvals excluded.
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Surveyors, valuers and measured surveys
People in W12 searching for a surveyor or a free valuation often land on a measured survey page. They are not the same service. We do not value property. We measure it: every room, wall and opening, drawn to scale, so an architectural technologist can design from true dimensions.
If you are planning to extend, convert a loft or apply for a lawful development certificate, that is the survey you need.
Price and what comes back
The fixed fee starts at £200, and what you receive is a set of laser-measured existing plans. Proposed drawings are then produced over them. Our pricing lists those later steps, and the measured building survey service page explains the survey itself.
In the four quarters to June 2026 the council made 506 householder decisions, prior approvals included (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2).
Hammersmith & Fulham's decision record
In the four quarters to June 2026 the council made 506 householder decisions, prior approvals included (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2). It decided 87% of the householder applications within eight weeks once prior approvals were left out (our analysis of the same table).
That is the council's pattern for the whole borough, not a promise for a W12 street.
Conservation areas are thick on the ground here
The planning data platform holds 47 Hammersmith & Fulham entries on the national conservation-area register (our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform conservation-area and article-4-direction datasets, bulk snapshot retrieved 14 August 2026). Entries depend on what the council has published, so check your own street on Hammersmith & Fulham's conservation area map before you commit to a design.
Drawings that meet the guidance
GOV.UK planning practice guidance on making an application requires plans drawn to an identified scale, with north shown. For location plans it gives 1:1250 as one typical scale. Surveying first keeps your planning drawings and any building regulations drawings on one set of dimensions.
Sources
Every figure on this page, where it comes from and a link to the original.
| Figure | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 506 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 87% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 47 | 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 |