Wandsworth planning permission: a validation checklist for your drawings
Wandsworth validates an application on the drawings it receives, so each plan must be drawn to an identified scale and show north. The council decided 977 householder applications in the four quarters to 2026 Q2 and granted 92%. DrawingsDirect prepares Wandsworth planning drawings from £745.
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Checklist: what must be in the submission
Start with the drawings, because they are the part you control. Every plan or drawing must be drawn to an identified scale, and plans must show the direction of north, according to the government's planning practice guidance on making an application.
Add the form, the ownership certificate and the fee. For a householder application for alterations or extensions to a single dwellinghouse, the statutory fee from 1 April 2026 is £548.
Our planning drawings cover existing and proposed floor plans, elevations and sections, and our location and block plans cover the site and its surroundings. If you are unsure whether a proposal needs an application at all, the guide to lawful development certificates explains how to get that confirmed in writing.
How Wandsworth has been deciding householder applications
Wandsworth made 977 householder decisions in the four quarters from 2025 Q3 to 2026 Q2, including prior approvals (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2).
It granted 92% of them (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2).
On the cases that needed a full householder decision rather than a prior approval, 91% came back within 8 weeks (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2). That 8-week mark is the legal decision period for anything short of major development (article 34, Development Management Procedure Order 2015).
These are borough-wide records. A rear dormer on a terrace and a side extension on a corner plot are judged on different tests.
Wandsworth made 977 householder decisions in the four quarters from 2025 Q3 to 2026 Q2, including prior approvals (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2).
Appeals and designated areas
Between 2021 and 2026 the Planning Inspectorate decided 204 householder appeals in Wandsworth, and 36% were allowed (our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database). Put the other way, roughly two in three of those appeals were dismissed.
Designation matters here too, with 47 conservation-area entries for the borough on the national register (our analysis of the MHCLG Planning Data Platform conservation-area and article-4-direction datasets); Wandsworth's conservation area map shows whether your home is in one. Our guide to conservation area extension rules explains what that does to a design.
Price, and where the rules are written
Planning drawings from DrawingsDirect start at £745, paid to us, and the £548 fee goes to the council. The full list is on the pricing page.
If a mansard is what you have in mind, our mansard loft conversion drawings page covers that roof form. The government's making an application guidance is the primary source for what must be submitted.
Sources
Every figure on this page, where it comes from and a link to the original.
| Figure | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| £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 |
| 977 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 92% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 91% | 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 receipt) | www.legislation.gov.uk |
| 204 | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 36% | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 47 | Our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform conservation-area and article-4-direction datasets (bulk snapshot retrieved 19 Oct 2026) | www.planning.data.gov.uk |
| £745 | DrawingsDirect starting fixed fee for planning drawings, from the published price list | drawingsdirect.co.uk |
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