Planning Drawings in Hillingdon UB10
Fixed-fee, MCIAT-chartered planning drawings for Hillingdon (UB10) homeowners — London Borough of Hillingdon validation and local constraints handled from the start.
UB10 spans two distinct worlds: the historic village cores of Ickenham and Hillingdon Village, and the large belt of 1930s suburban semis and detached houses around them where most rear and loft projects happen. On the suburban stock the design conversation is about matching established roofline and frontage patterns, which Hillingdon's guidance sets out clearly.
Inside either village conservation area the emphasis shifts to protecting period character around St Giles and St John the Baptist churches, so materials, rooflines and boundary treatments face tighter control. Because the two conservation-area boundaries are compact, we confirm exactly where a UB10 property falls before choosing a permitted-development or full-application route.
Planning in Hillingdon (UB10): what to know before you apply
Most UB10 householder work sits on interwar suburban housing outside the conservation areas, where Hillingdon has well-established expectations for rear depth, side returns and dormers. The Ickenham Village and Hillingdon Village conservation areas are the exceptions — there, heritage-led design and usually a full application are the right approach.
Typical Hillingdon housing stock
Two protected village centres — Ickenham around St Giles Church and Hillingdon Village around St John the Baptist — of period cottages and Victorian houses, ringed by the substantial 1930s semi-detached and detached suburban stock that makes up most of the wider UB10 postcode.
Streets we regularly draw for in Hillingdon
Swakeleys Road · Austin's Lane · Royal Lane · Vine Lane
What UB10 is actually built of
Measured from 318 classified residential buildings in UB10, not from a description of the area.
Hillingdon UB10 housing mix
Residential building form across the UB10 postcode district, from 318 classified buildings.
| Attached on more than one side | 28% |
|---|---|
| Attached on one side | 46% |
| Detached | 27% |
| Median building footprint | 71 m² |
| Addresses per buildingAbove about 2 means flats and maisonettes dominate | 1.13 |
| Buildings classified | 318 |
Source: Ordnance Survey National Geographic Database (derived statistics). Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Extracted 2026-08-17.
Planning Drawings for Hillingdon (UB10) homes: the package and the process
A planning set is judged as a set, not as individual sheets. Every existing drawing needs its proposed counterpart at the same scale and orientation so the officer can read the change at a glance, each sheet needs its own number, title, scale bar and north point, and the whole package needs to survive being printed at A3 without a dimension becoming illegible.
We draw to the conventions validation teams expect: plans and elevations at 1:100 or 1:50, a location plan at 1:1250 with the site edged red, a block plan at 1:500, and sections cut where the change in level or roof form actually happens rather than where they are easiest to draw.
The drawing list itself changes with the building. A detached house needs four elevations; a mid-terrace needs two plus a section through the party walls to show what is not visible from outside. Getting that list right at the start is what stops a validation officer asking for a sheet three weeks in.
What is included in a planning drawing set?
A council will only validate an application that contains the right drawings at the right scale. Our standard planning set covers everything a London validation team expects.
- Site location plan (1:1250) and block plan (1:500)
- Existing floor plans, elevations and sections
- Proposed floor plans, elevations and sections
- Roof plans where relevant, with heights and materials annotated
- A design and access or heritage statement where the borough requires one
How are planning drawings different from building regulations drawings?
Planning drawings show what the building will look like and how it sits in its context. Building regulations drawings show how it will be built safely — structure, insulation, fire escape and drainage. Most projects need both; our Complete package covers the two together with structural calculations coordinated in-house.
How quickly can you produce planning drawings in London?
After a laser survey, a standard householder set is typically ready within 7 days. We review every drawing against your borough's validation checklist before it reaches a planner's desk, which is why our first-time approval rate sits around 96%.
| Drawing | Typical scale | What it shows |
|---|---|---|
| Site location plan | 1:1250 | The property in its street context, site edged red |
| Block plan | 1:500 | The building's footprint and position in the plot |
| Floor plans (existing & proposed) | 1:100 / 1:50 | Room layout, walls, openings and the proposed changes |
| Elevations (existing & proposed) | 1:100 / 1:50 | Each face of the building and how it changes |
| Sections | 1:100 / 1:50 | A cut through showing heights, levels and roof form |
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