New build drawings in Barnes
If you searched for new build homes in Barnes to buy, we are not an estate agent. We draw new homes for people who own a plot and want to build one, preparing the planning drawings for Richmond council from £1,450. This page sets out what Richmond decides and how long it takes.
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Buying a new home or building one
Sale listings sit with agents and developers. Our part starts earlier: a site, a replacement house, a rear-garden plot or a conversion that needs the full set of planning drawings. Barnes sits in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, so the application goes to that council.
For a one-house scheme that usually means site and location plans, floor plans, elevations, sections and a design statement. Our new build drawings service explains each, and the location and block plans page covers the two plans every application opens with.
How busy Richmond's planning desk is
Richmond decided 1,825 planning applications of all kinds in the four quarters to 2026 Q2 (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2). A scheme with sound drawings and a clear design case enters a steady queue, not a quiet one.
Appeals show how often the council's judgement is overturned. Of 651 planning appeals against the borough's decisions decided since 2021, 37% were allowed (our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database). Our planning appeal glossary entry explains the route if a refusal comes.
Across Richmond, 85 conservation-area entries are recorded on the national register (our analysis of the MHCLG Planning Data Platform conservation-area dataset), so check your Barnes street against Richmond Council's conservation area map.
Statutory decision periods
Article 34 of the Development Management Procedure Order gives the council 8 weeks to decide an application that is not major development, and 13 weeks for major development (the article on legislation.gov.uk). A single new house normally falls in the first group. A longer period can be agreed in writing, so treat both as statutory periods rather than a promise.
Conservation areas and the design and access statement
Across Richmond, 85 conservation-area entries are recorded on the national register (our analysis of the MHCLG Planning Data Platform conservation-area dataset), so check your Barnes street against Richmond Council's conservation area map. Government guidance requires a design and access statement for development of one or more dwellings in a conservation area (Making an application, planning practice guidance). Our conservation area glossary entry explains what else changes.
Two fees to budget for
The council charges its own statutory fee: £610 per dwellinghouse for a full application for fewer than ten dwellinghouses, from 1 April 2026 (the statutory planning fees schedule, as indexed). Our drawing fee is separate and starts at £1,450. Compare it with the rest on the pricing page.
Sources
Every figure on this page, where it comes from and a link to the original.
| Figure | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 1,825 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 651 | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 37% | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 85 | 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 |
| £610 | Statutory fee from 1 April 2026, SI 2012/2920 Sch 1 Pt 2 category 1(3)(a): full application for the erection of fewer than 10 dwellinghouses, per dwellinghouse | assets.publishing.service.gov.uk |
| 8 weeks | DMPO 2015 art 34(2)(b): decision period for an application that is not major development (source wording: 8 weeks beginning with the day immediately following receipt) | www.legislation.gov.uk |
| 13 weeks | DMPO 2015 art 34(2)(a): decision period for major development (source wording: 13 weeks beginning with the day immediately following receipt) | www.legislation.gov.uk |
| one or more dwellings | Planning practice guidance, Making an application, paragraph 030 (ID 14-030-20140306): design and access statement required in a conservation area or World Heritage Site for development of one or more dwellings | www.gov.uk |
| £1,450 | DrawingsDirect starting fixed fee for new build drawings, from the published price list | drawingsdirect.co.uk |