Planning Drawings in Upminster RM14
Fixed-fee, MCIAT-chartered planning drawings for Upminster (RM14) homeowners — London Borough of Havering validation and local constraints handled from the start.
Upminster (RM14) runs from a leafy Edwardian and inter-war suburb down to Corbets Tey, a surviving medieval village and one of the three settlements that originally formed Upminster. The Corbets Tey Conservation Area protects that village character, its listed buildings and its countryside-edge setting, so work there faces close conservation-area control.
Across the wider suburb the housing is mostly detached and semi-detached homes on good-sized plots, and rear extensions, side infills, loft conversions and garden rooms are the usual projects. Havering's householder guidance sets clear expectations, and matching them in the drawings is what gets RM14 schemes through first time.
Planning in Upminster (RM14): what to know before you apply
No borough-wide Article 4 direction affects typical RM14 householder work, so many Upminster houses retain permitted development rights for rear and loft projects. The exception is the Corbets Tey Conservation Area, where the village character, listed group and countryside-edge setting mean external changes are controlled and permitted development is curtailed.
Typical Upminster housing stock
The Corbets Tey village group of listed and historic buildings on the edge of open countryside, surrounded by the Edwardian and inter-war detached and semi-detached housing that makes up most of suburban Upminster.
Streets we regularly draw for in Upminster
Corbets Tey Road · Harwood Hall Lane · Ockendon Road · Hall Lane
What RM14 is actually built of
Measured from 294 classified residential buildings in RM14, not from a description of the area.
Upminster RM14 housing mix
Residential building form across the RM14 postcode district, from 294 classified buildings.
| Attached on more than one side | 25% |
|---|---|
| Attached on one side | 58% |
| Detached | 17% |
| Median building footprint | 82 m² |
| Addresses per buildingAbove about 2 means flats and maisonettes dominate | 1.14 |
| Buildings classified | 294 |
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 Upminster (RM14) 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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