Where in Croydon does a drawing package actually get determined?
Every Croydon postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates
it and the authority that validates a drawing package there. Croydon fees below are the
statutory England rates for 2026, not drawing package estimates.
| Postcode | Area | Dominant stock | What it means for a drawing package |
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| CR8 | Purley | 1930s semi-detached, Edwardian villas | A drawing package at an CR8 address in Purley is determined by Croydon Council under its own Local Plan policies for Purley. |
| SE20 | Anerley / Penge | Victorian and Edwardian terraces | A drawing package in Anerley / Penge may land with Bromley Council or Croydon Council — SE20 crosses the boundary, and the SE20 policies map decides it street by street. |
| SW16 | Streatham / Norbury | Edwardian terraces, post-war flats | SW16 straddles a boundary: Streatham / Norbury addresses fall to Lambeth Council or Wandsworth Council or Merton Council or Croydon Council, so confirm which authority validates the drawing package before submitting SW16 drawings. |
| SE19 | Upper Norwood / Crystal Palace | Victorian villas, Edwardian terraces | Upper Norwood / Crystal Palace is split at SE19. Either Croydon Council or Lambeth Council can determine a drawing package here, so the SE19 address is checked against both policies maps first. |
| SE25 | South Norwood / Selhurst | Victorian terraces | South Norwood / Selhurst sits wholly inside SE25, so Croydon Council validates every drawing package submitted from an SE25 address. |
| CR0 | Croydon / Addiscombe / Shirley | Edwardian terraces, post-war flats | CR0 covers Croydon / Addiscombe / Shirley only; Croydon Council handles the drawing package, and Croydon / Addiscombe / Shirley case officers apply the CR0 conservation-area map. |
| CR2 | South Croydon | Victorian villas in Upper Norwood and Crystal Palace; Edwardian terraces in Thornton Heath and Selhurst; 1930s semi-detached in Purley and Coulsdon; post-war in Croydon central | CR2 covers South Croydon only; Croydon Council handles the drawing package, and South Croydon case officers apply the CR2 conservation-area map. |
| CR5 | Coulsdon | 1930s semi-detached | A drawing package at an CR5 address in Coulsdon is determined by Croydon Council under its own Local Plan policies for Coulsdon. |
How does a drawing package differ street by street across Croydon?
Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few Croydon
streets, and each one changes what a drawing package can achieve at that address.
- Shirley (CR0) — drawing package work in Shirley means 1930s semi-detached. Shirley is 1930s semi-detached. throughout CR0. Croydon Council decides the Shirley application, and Shirley Park anchors the Shirley location plan.
- Selhurst (SE25) — Edwardian terraces defines Selhurst, where edwardian terraces set what a drawing package can do. across SE25. Any Selhurst drawing package is validated by Croydon Council, with Selhurst Park the usual Selhurst reference point on the site plan.
- Croydon (CR0) — a drawing package in Croydon starts from edwardian terraces, post-war flats, and Croydon reads as post-war centre, Edwardian residential ring. in CR0. Croydon Council assesses Croydon architectural drawings against its own Croydon character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Croydon references Whitgift Centre.
- Crystal Palace (SE19) — Victorian villas, hill character defines Crystal Palace, where victorian villas, edwardian terraces set what a drawing package can do. across SE19. Any Crystal Palace drawing package is validated by Croydon Council, with Crystal Palace Park the usual Crystal Palace reference point on the site plan.
- Upper Norwood (SE19) — Victorian villas defines Upper Norwood, where victorian villas, edwardian terraces set what a drawing package can do. across SE19. Any Upper Norwood drawing package is validated by Croydon Council, with Upper Norwood Triangle the usual Upper Norwood reference point on the site plan.
- South Norwood (SE25) — drawing package work in South Norwood means victorian terraces. South Norwood is Victorian terraces. throughout SE25. Croydon Council decides the South Norwood application, and South Norwood Lake anchors the South Norwood location plan.
- Thornton Heath (CR7) — Edwardian terraces defines Thornton Heath, where edwardian terraces set what a drawing package can do. across CR7. Any Thornton Heath drawing package is validated by Croydon Council, with Thornton Heath station the usual Thornton Heath reference point on the site plan.
How do conservation areas and Article 4 affect a drawing package in Croydon?
Croydon conservation designations: there are 24 across Croydon Council, Old Coulsdon, Purley, Shirley Park among them. Designation costs a Croydon owner the permitted-development route: a drawing package then needs a £258 householder application over 8 weeks, in place of the £120 prior approval route that takes 6 weeks. Crystal Palace is the Croydon designation that most often changes a drawing package design.
Article 4 and your Croydon drawing package: Croydon Council has made no borough-wide direction, so permitted development for a drawing package in Croydon generally survives outside Croydon conservation areas and listed curtilages. A Lawful Development Certificate at £129 is how a SE19 owner records that a drawing package was lawful.
The building fabric around Croydon: Victorian villas in Upper Norwood and Crystal Palace; Edwardian terraces in Thornton Heath and Selhurst; 1930s semi-detached in Purley and Coulsdon; post-war in Croydon central. Large, mixed-density outer borough; permissive in outer areas; heritage controls in conservation pockets; major regeneration in central Croydon. A drawing package in Croydon is scoped against that stock first. Our Croydon fixed fee starts at £840; the £1,750 Complete package runs the Croydon scheme through Croydon Council planning and building control in one go.
What happens if a Croydon property sits on a boundary?
- Sutton — the Sutton boundary runs against Croydon, so a drawing package a street from Croydon is decided by Sutton Council instead. Sutton runs 17 conservation areas across SM1 and its neighbours, which is why architectural drawings priced for Croydon are re-checked against Sutton policy whenever the Croydon address sits on that edge.
- Merton — the Merton boundary runs against Croydon, so a drawing package a street from Croydon is decided by Merton Council instead. Merton runs 28 conservation areas across SW16 and its neighbours, which is why architectural drawings priced for Croydon are re-checked against Merton policy whenever the Croydon address sits on that edge.
- Lambeth — adjoining Croydon, with 64 conservation areas centred on SE1. A drawing package on the far side of the Croydon line is determined by Lambeth Council, so the Croydon quote for architectural drawings is checked against Lambeth guidance before it is issued.
- Bromley — cross the Croydon boundary and Bromley Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 48 conservation areas of its own around BR1. We re-price architectural drawings at the Croydon edge because Bromley policy and Croydon policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
Sources for this Croydon drawing package page: borough policies maps and
conservation-area registers (2025–26), Royal Mail postcode district boundaries,
the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) (England) Regulations, the Town
and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended,
and the Party Wall etc. Act 1996.
