Planning Drawings in Peckham SE15
Fixed-fee, MCIAT-chartered planning drawings for Peckham (SE15) homeowners — London Borough of Southwark validation and local constraints handled from the start.
Peckham (SE15) in Southwark centres on the busy Rye Lane shopping street but is surrounded by genuinely fine housing — most notably the complete early-Victorian terrace of Holly Grove and the well-kept Bellenden Road streets. Rear and loft projects are common on the Victorian terraces, while the town-centre streets carry a different, retail-focused set of controls.
The Holly Grove and Rye Lane Peckham conservation areas are the defining designations here, and Southwark's Article 4 directions in SE15 largely govern the major town centre and protected shopping frontages rather than householder work. We establish which context a Peckham property sits in before drawing.
Planning in Peckham (SE15): what to know before you apply
Southwark's SE15 Article 4 directions mainly cover Peckham's major town centre and protected shopping frontages rather than household extensions, so many Peckham terraces retain permitted development rights — but the Holly Grove and Rye Lane Peckham conservation areas closely control elevations and rooflines within their boundaries, and the Peckham Rye frontages add open-space and tree considerations.
Typical Peckham housing stock
Fine early-Victorian terraces around Holly Grove and the Bellenden Road renewal streets, denser late-Victorian terraces toward Peckham Rye, and post-war estates north of the town centre.
Streets we regularly draw for in Peckham
Rye Lane · Bellenden Road · Holly Grove · Choumert Road
What SE15 is actually built of
Measured from 458 classified residential buildings in SE15, not from a description of the area.
Peckham SE15 housing mix
Residential building form across the SE15 postcode district, from 458 classified buildings.
| Attached on more than one side | 71% |
|---|---|
| Attached on one side | 26% |
| Detached | 3% |
| Median building footprint | 61 m² |
| Addresses per buildingAbove about 2 means flats and maisonettes dominate | 2.15 |
| Buildings classified | 458 |
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 Peckham (SE15) 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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