Lambeth planning applications
A Lambeth planning application for a home has an 8-week statutory decision period, so the drawings need to be right when you submit. DrawingsDirect, MCIAT chartered architectural technologists, draws the scaled plans and elevations Lambeth applications need, at a fixed fee from £745.
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Getting through Lambeth's validation checklist
Councils publish a local list of what a valid application contains, and Lambeth's is the first thing your submission meets. The national baseline is that any plans or drawings are drawn to an identified scale, with north shown (Planning practice guidance, Making an application).
We draw existing and proposed plans, elevations and sections so that each dimension agrees from sheet to sheet. Our location and block plans service covers the site plans that sit alongside them.
How fast Lambeth decides
For an application that is not major development the statutory period is 8 weeks beginning with the day after receipt (DMPO 2015, article 34). Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (released 24 Sep 2026), finds 94% of Lambeth's householder decisions, excluding prior approvals, were made within 8 weeks across the four quarters 2025 Q3 to 2026 Q2.
In the same period Lambeth made 595 householder decisions, including prior approvals, and granted 83% of them.
Our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026, Casework Database 2609) counts 220 householder appeals decided for Lambeth, decisions 2021 to 2026, and 34% were allowed.
65 conservation-area entries on the national register
Our analysis of the MHCLG Planning Data Platform conservation-area dataset (bulk snapshot retrieved 14 Aug 2026) finds 65 Lambeth entries on the national conservation-area register. Lambeth Council's conservation area map shows whether your street is covered, and if it is, expect the officer to ask about materials and how the change looks from the street.
Read our guide to Article 4 directions in London as well: a direction can remove rights you assumed you had.
Lambeth appeals, and what they say about refusals
Our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026, Casework Database 2609) counts 220 householder appeals decided for Lambeth, decisions 2021 to 2026, and 34% were allowed. So most of the refusals taken to appeal stood. Our planning appeal guide explains the process and its time cost.
Fees: the council's and ours
Lambeth charges the statutory householder fee, £548 from 1 April 2026. Our planning drawings start from £745; floor plans in Lambeth explains the plans part of the set, or send your address through the quote form on this page.
Sources
Every figure on this page, where it comes from and a link to the original.
| Figure | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 595 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 83% | 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 |
| 220 | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 34% | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 65 | 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 |
| 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 |
| £548 | Statutory fee from 1 April 2026, SI 2012/2920 Sch 1 Pt 2 category 6(1): householder application for alterations or extensions to a single dwellinghouse | assets.publishing.service.gov.uk |
| identified scale | Planning practice guidance, Making an application, paragraph 023 (ID 14-023-20140306): any plans or drawings must be drawn to an identified scale and plans must show the direction of north | www.gov.uk |
| £745 | DrawingsDirect starting fixed fee for planning drawings, from the published price list | drawingsdirect.co.uk |
Questions people ask
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