New build drawings in West Drayton
Residential construction projects in West Drayton start with a plot, a replacement house or a garden site and a set of drawings for Hillingdon council, which we prepare from £1,450 with no VAT to add. If you came looking for new homes to buy in West Drayton, we are not an agent or a developer; this page is for people who want to build.
Fixed fee from £1,250 drawings + £200 survey (£1,450 total) · all prices
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Searches such as new builds in West Drayton or new houses for sale in West Drayton land on sales listings. We do not sell houses. We draw them: the scheme for a vacant plot, a house replacing an old one, a home in a back garden or a block converted into separate dwellings.
West Drayton is in the London Borough of Hillingdon, so a planning application for a new house is made to Hillingdon council. Our new build drawings service covers what the drawing set contains, and the location and block plans page explains the two plans every application opens with.
What Hillingdon's figures do and do not tell you
The published statistics are split by type of application, and they do not give a separate figure for new houses in West Drayton. The nearest measure we hold is for householder applications, which are extensions and alterations to an existing home. Treat it as a sign of how the council works through its desk, not as a forecast for a new dwelling.
In the four quarters to 2026 Q2, Hillingdon decided 1,147 householder applications, and 90% were granted (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2). Of those decided excluding prior approvals, 94% were decided within 8 weeks. Across every kind of application the council decided 1,633.
The national register records 42 live conservation-area entries for Hillingdon (our analysis of the MHCLG Planning Data Platform).
How long a decision can take
Article 34 of the Development Management Procedure Order sets a decision period of 8 weeks for an application that is not major development (article 34 on legislation.gov.uk). That clock starts the day after the application is received, so it begins once the council has the application, not when you first speak to a designer.
If your scheme counts as major development, a different period applies; the article linked above sets it out. Work out which group you are in before you plan the dates for a build loan or a purchase.
Two fees, and who receives each
The council's statutory fee for a full application for fewer than ten dwellinghouses is £610 for each dwellinghouse, in force from 1 April 2026 (the planning fees schedule as indexed). It is the council's charge, shown apart from our fee.
Our fixed fee for new build house feasibility and planning drawings starts at £1,450 with no VAT to add, from the published price list. A single-house scheme therefore has two separate lines in the budget, and neither hides inside the other.
Check designations and appeal history before you commit to a plot
The national register records 42 live conservation-area entries for Hillingdon (our analysis of the MHCLG Planning Data Platform). Whether your West Drayton plot sits in one is a question for the council's map. Our conservation area glossary entry explains the effect.
Appeals are another view of the borough. The Planning Inspectorate decided 415 householder appeals against Hillingdon's decisions between 2021 and 2026, and 43% were allowed (our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database). That count is again for householder cases, so it says nothing direct about new houses, but it shows the appeal route is used. See our planning appeal glossary entry.
Sizing a small home against the national space standard
If the plan is a compact one-bedroom house or a flat in a block, the nationally described space standard sets a floor. A one-bedroom, one-person dwelling can be as small as 37 m2 gross internal area when it has a shower room instead of a bathroom (Technical housing standards, Table 1).
Whether Hillingdon applies that standard to a given scheme is a point to confirm with the council.
Sources
Every figure on this page, where it comes from and a link to the original.
| Figure | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| £1,450 | DrawingsDirect starting fixed fee for new build house feasibility and planning drawings, with no VAT to add, from the published price list | drawingsdirect.co.uk |
| £610 | Fees for planning applications in England from 1 April 2026 (MHCLG, SI 2012/2920 as annually indexed), category 1(3)(a): full application for the erection of fewer than 10 dwellinghouses, per dwellinghouse (source wording: "£610 for each dwellinghouse") | assets.publishing.service.gov.uk |
| 37 | Technical housing standards, nationally described space standard (DCLG, March 2015), Table 1: a one-bedroom one-person dwelling needs at least 39 m2 gross internal area, or 37 m2 with a shower room instead of a bathroom (source wording: 39 (37)) | assets.publishing.service.gov.uk |
| 1,147 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 90% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 94% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 415 | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 43% | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 42 | 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 |
| 1,633 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.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 that on which the application is received") | www.legislation.gov.uk |