Measured building surveyors in Tooting, SW17
Measured building surveyors in Tooting: DrawingsDirect has a fixed fee from £200, covering laser measurement of the building and its existing plans. It records dimensions for drawings and is not a condition report, so a Level 3 survey and a measured survey answer different questions. MCIAT chartered architectural technologists do the measuring.
Fixed fee from £200 · all prices
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Measured survey, Level 3 survey or party wall surveyor?
Searches from Tooting and Tooting Bec mix three different jobs. A measured building survey records what the building measures. A Level 3 building report assesses its condition. A party wall surveyor deals with notices and awards under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996.
We do the first. We are not party wall surveyors, but our party wall notices and drawings service prepares the drawings that go with a notice. The survey fee starts from £200, and other fees are on the pricing page.
What Wandsworth decides
Tooting is in Wandsworth. Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) counts 977 householder decisions by Wandsworth over the four quarters 2025 Q3 to 2026 Q2, including prior approvals, and 92% were granted.
Excluding prior approvals, 91% of householder decisions in the same period were made within 8 weeks. The detail of the local process is on our Wandsworth planning permission page.
Our analysis of table PS1 counts 695 certificates of lawful development decided by Wandsworth across the eight quarters 2024 Q3 to 2026 Q2.
Appeals and conservation areas near Tooting
Our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026, Casework Database 2609) found 204 householder appeals decided for Wandsworth in 2021 to 2026, and 36% were allowed. It is a record, not a forecast.
Our analysis of the MHCLG Planning Data Platform (bulk snapshot retrieved 19 Oct 2026) finds 47 entries on the national register of conservation areas for Wandsworth. Check your road on the council's own conservation area map, then read the planning.data.gov.uk register.
Scale rules and lawful development
Planning practice guidance says plans and drawings must be drawn to an "identified scale", and a location plan should typically be at 1:1250 or 1:2500. A survey gives the existing plans that accuracy.
Our analysis of table PS1 counts 695 certificates of lawful development decided by Wandsworth across the eight quarters 2024 Q3 to 2026 Q2. Each one needs existing drawings behind it, and floor plans in Wandsworth can supply them.
Sources
Every figure on this page, where it comes from and a link to the original.
| Figure | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| £200 | DrawingsDirect starting fixed fee for a laser-measured building survey with existing plans, from the published price list | drawingsdirect.co.uk |
| identified scale | Planning practice guidance, Making an application, paragraph 023: plans and drawings must be drawn to an identified scale and plans must show the direction of north (source wording: "must be drawn to an identified scale") | www.gov.uk |
| 1:1250 | Planning practice guidance, Making an application, paragraph 024: a location plan should typically be at a scale of 1:1250 or 1:2500 (source wording: "The scale should typically be 1:1250 or 1:2500") | www.gov.uk |
| 977 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 92% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 91% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 204 | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 36% | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 47 | Our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform conservation-area and article-4-direction datasets (bulk snapshot retrieved 19 Oct 2026) | www.planning.data.gov.uk |
| 695 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS1 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
Questions people ask
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