Measured building surveyors in Southwark
DrawingsDirect provides measured building surveys across Southwark, including East Dulwich, Dulwich and Peckham, from £200. You receive laser-measured existing plans to draw from. Southwark decided 97% of its householder applications within eight weeks, prior approvals excluded, over its latest four quarters.
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East Dulwich, Dulwich, Peckham: one borough, one process
Searches here name neighbourhoods, but planning is decided by the borough. Whether your house is in East Dulwich or Peckham, the council is Southwark and the survey is the same: we measure on site, then draw existing plans to scale.
The measured building survey service page explains the survey, and our pricing the drawings that follow.
Measured survey versus a level of building survey
Some people search for a level three building survey in Southwark. That is a condition report on a property's fabric, usually bought before purchase. A measured survey is a different product. It tells you nothing about defects but gives you exact dimensions, which is what an architectural technologist needs to draw an extension or loft.
It costs from £200.
There are 56 conservation-area entries for Southwark on the national register (our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform conservation-area and article-4-direction datasets, bulk snapshot retrieved 14 August 2026).
How Southwark's planning team performs
Southwark made 558 householder decisions in the four quarters to June 2026, prior approvals included (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2). Excluding prior approvals, it decided 97% of householder applications within eight weeks (our analysis of the same table).
A quick decision depends on a complete application, and complete starts with correct existing drawings.
Conservation areas across Southwark
There are 56 conservation-area entries for Southwark on the national register (our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform conservation-area and article-4-direction datasets, bulk snapshot retrieved 14 August 2026). Check your address on Southwark Council's conservation area map before you pick materials or window styles.
Meeting the drawing standard
GOV.UK planning practice guidance on making an application says drawings must be to an identified scale, with north shown on plans, and lists 1:1250 as one typical location plan scale. See location and block plans for the plans every application needs, and planning drawings for the full set.
Sources
Every figure on this page, where it comes from and a link to the original.
| Figure | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 558 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 97% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 56 | 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 |
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