Measured building surveys in Walworth, SE17
A measured building survey in Walworth costs from £200 with DrawingsDirect. MCIAT chartered architectural technologists laser-measure your SE17 home and draw existing plans to scale, ready for an extension, a loft or a certificate application in Southwark, with the fee agreed in advance.
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What you get for the fee
We visit, measure with a laser and return existing plans, elevations and sections drawn to scale. Our published starting fixed fee is £200 for a survey with existing plans; the pricing page lists the rest. Nothing is estimated by eye, so a later proposal is drawn on the building as it really stands.
Some owners ask about right to light or dilapidation work after finding a surveyor here. We do neither. We supply measured drawings, and a separate specialist can build on them.
Southwark's record on householder work
Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2), counts 558 householder decisions by Southwark over the four quarters 2025 Q3 to 2026 Q2, prior approvals included. Of these, 95% were granted, and 97% of householder decisions excluding prior approvals came within 8 weeks.
Those are council-wide averages. Walworth streets differ, and your drawings still need to be right for your own house. Our Southwark measured survey page covers the borough.
Our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026, Casework Database 2609) found 72 householder appeals decided for Southwark in 2021 to 2026, and 31% were allowed.
56 conservation-area entries to check
Our analysis of the MHCLG Planning Data Platform (bulk snapshot retrieved 14 Aug 2026) finds 56 entries on the national register of conservation areas for Southwark. That is a large number, so check the council's conservation area map for your road before assuming permitted development applies. Our glossary entry explains the effect.
Our analysis of table PS1 counts 418 certificates of lawful development decided by Southwark over the eight quarters 2024 Q3 to 2026 Q2. A certificate needs accurate existing drawings, which a survey provides.
Southwark householder appeals
Our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026, Casework Database 2609) found 72 householder appeals decided for Southwark in 2021 to 2026, and 31% were allowed. Our planning appeal guide sets out the steps.
On scale, planning practice guidance says a location plan should typically be 1:1250 or 1:2500; read it on GOV.UK.
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 95% | 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 |
| 72 | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 31% | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | 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 |
| 418 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS1 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |