Architectural drawings in BR6

Which postcode districts around BR6 do we cover for drawing package work?

Every BR6 postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a drawing package there. BR6 fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not drawing package estimates.

Which BR6 neighbourhoods suit a drawing package best?

Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few BR6 streets, and each one changes what a drawing package can achieve at that address.

• Inside BR6: Orpington (BR5, BR6) — drawing package work in Orpington means 1930s semi-detached. Orpington is 1930s semi-detached, post-war. Bromley Council decides the Orpington application, and Orpington High Street anchors the Orpington location plan.
• Bordering BR6: Bromley (BR1, BR2) — Victorian and Edwardian centre defines Bromley, where victorian terraces, edwardian villas, post-war flats set what a drawing package can do. Any Bromley drawing package is validated by Bromley Council, with Bromley High Street the usual Bromley reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering BR6: Beckenham (BR3) — drawing package work in Beckenham means edwardian villas, 1930s semi-detached. Beckenham is Edwardian villas, 1930s semi-detached. Bromley Council decides the Beckenham application, and Beckenham Junction anchors the Beckenham location plan.
• Bordering BR6: Chislehurst (BR7) — drawing package work in Chislehurst means 1930s detached, edwardian villas. Chislehurst is Large 1930s detached, conservation. Bromley Council decides the Chislehurst application, and Chislehurst Caves anchors the Chislehurst location plan.
• Bordering BR6: Bickley (BR1) — drawing package work in Bickley means 1930s detached, edwardian villas. Bickley is 1930s detached, conservation. Bromley Council decides the Bickley application, and Bickley station anchors the Bickley location plan.
• Bordering BR6: Petts Wood (BR5) — a drawing package in Petts Wood starts from 1930s semi-detached, and Petts Wood reads as 1930s semi-detached, garden suburb. in BR5. Bromley Council assesses Petts Wood architectural drawings against its own Petts Wood character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Petts Wood references Petts Wood station.
• Bordering BR6: West Wickham (BR4) — drawing package work in West Wickham means 1930s semi-detached. West Wickham is 1930s semi-detached. Bromley Council decides the West Wickham application, and West Wickham station anchors the West Wickham location plan.
• Bordering BR6: Biggin Hill (TN16) — drawing package work in Biggin Hill means 1930s semi-detached. Biggin Hill is 1930s semi-detached, rural fringe. Bromley Council decides the Biggin Hill application, and Biggin Hill Airport anchors the Biggin Hill location plan.
• Bordering BR6: Keston (BR2) — Edwardian and 1930s village defines Keston, where edwardian villas, 1930s semi-detached set what a drawing package can do. Any Keston drawing package is validated by Bromley Council, with Keston Ponds the usual Keston reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering BR6: Penge (SE20) — drawing package work in Penge means victorian and edwardian terraces. Penge is Victorian and Edwardian terraces. Bromley Council decides the Penge application, and Penge East station anchors the Penge location plan.

Does BR6 planning policy restrict a drawing package?

BR6 (Orpington) conservation designations: there are 48 across Bromley Council, Keston, Bickley, Bromley Town among them. Designation costs a BR6 (Orpington) owner the permitted-development route: a drawing package then needs a £548 householder application over 8 weeks, in place of the £249 prior approval route that takes 6 weeks. Keston is the BR6 (Orpington) designation that most often changes a drawing package design.

No blanket Article 4 over BR6 (Orpington): Bromley Council has not withdrawn permitted development across BR6 (Orpington), so a drawing package outside a BR6 (Orpington) conservation area usually keeps it. The £274 Lawful Development Certificate is still the document a BR6 owner wants on file.

The building fabric around BR6 (Orpington): Large 1930s detached and semi-detached in Chislehurst and Bickley; Edwardian in Beckenham; Victorian in Bromley town; Metropolitan Green Belt covers significant rural-fringe land. Largest London borough by area; substantial Green Belt; conservation areas in most town centres; generally permissive elsewhere. A drawing package in BR6 (Orpington) is scoped against that stock first, because it decides whether the scheme runs as permitted development, a £274 Lawful Development Certificate, or a full £548 application to Bromley Council.

Which neighbouring authorities border BR6?

• Croydon — cross the BR6 (Orpington) boundary and Croydon Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 24 conservation areas of its own around CR0. We re-price architectural drawings at the BR6 (Orpington) edge because Croydon policy and Bromley policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
• Southwark — cross the BR6 (Orpington) boundary and Southwark Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 43 conservation areas of its own around SE1. We re-price architectural drawings at the BR6 (Orpington) edge because Southwark policy and Bromley policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
• Lewisham — the Lewisham boundary runs against Bromley, so a drawing package a street from BR6 (Orpington) is decided by Lewisham Council instead. Lewisham runs 30 conservation areas across SE3 and its neighbours, which is why architectural drawings priced for BR6 (Orpington) are re-checked against Lewisham policy whenever the BR6 (Orpington) address sits on that edge.
• Greenwich — adjoining BR6 (Orpington), with 20 conservation areas centred on SE3. A drawing package on the far side of the BR6 (Orpington) line is determined by Greenwich Council, so the BR6 (Orpington) quote for architectural drawings is checked against Greenwich guidance before it is issued.

Sources for this BR6 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.