Planning Permission Drawings in City of London

Our fixed-fee householder planning package for City of London starts at £840. Full planning applications (major works, change of use, flat conversions) start at £1,750. City of London Corporation charges a separate statutory fee of £258 for householder or £578 for full dwellinghouse applications.

Once validated, City of London Corporation aims to decide householder applications within 8 weeks and major applications within 13 weeks — consistent with statutory targets. Our typical end-to-end timeline from instruction to submission is 3–4 weeks.

Yes — City of London has Article 4 Directions in force. Multiple Article 4 Directions around office-to-residential, demolition, and shopfront changes. Article 4 removes specific permitted development rights that would otherwise apply, meaning full planning permission is required where PD would normally be sufficient. We check Article 4 status for your specific property before quoting.

City of London has 27 designated conservation areas, including Barbican, Smithfield, Fleet Street and others. Planning applications within conservation areas require additional heritage consideration and often a Heritage Statement.

For most householder work in City of London, a chartered architectural technologist delivers the same planning outcomes as a dedicated consultant — usually at lower cost. Our MCIAT-chartered team handles drawings, submission and agent liaison as one package.

We cover all City of London postcodes — {postcodes} — as well as the immediately adjacent boroughs. Survey appointments are available within 3 working days across City of London.

City of London's very limited residential — Barbican Estate (listed post-war), Golden Lane Estate, modern luxury flats housing stock and 27 conservation areas mean that design quality matters. City of London Corporation officers are experienced reviewers; well-drawn, consistent applications are processed faster than revisions-heavy ones.

Yes — Planning Inspectorate appeals are available as a right within 12 weeks of refusal from City of London Corporation. Written representations take 16–20 weeks; hearings 24–32 weeks. We prepare appeal statements and revised drawings for cases where refusal was on design or policy grounds.