Architectural drawings in DA16

Which postcode districts around DA16 do we cover for drawing package work?

Every DA16 postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a drawing package there. DA16 fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not drawing package estimates.

How does a drawing package differ street by street across DA16?

Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few DA16 streets, and each one changes what a drawing package can achieve at that address.

• Inside DA16: Welling (DA16) — a drawing package in Welling starts from 1930s semi-detached, and Welling reads as 1930s semi-detached. in DA16. Bexley Council assesses Welling architectural drawings against its own Welling character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Welling references Welling High Street.
• Bordering DA16: Bexleyheath (DA6, DA7) — drawing package work in Bexleyheath means 1930s semi-detached. Bexleyheath is 1930s semi-detached. Bexley Council decides the Bexleyheath application, and Bexleyheath Broadway anchors the Bexleyheath location plan.
• Bordering DA16: Sidcup (DA14, DA15) — drawing package work in Sidcup means 1930s semi-detached, edwardian villas. Sidcup is 1930s semi-detached, Edwardian villas. Bexley Council decides the Sidcup application, and Sidcup station anchors the Sidcup location plan.
• Bordering DA16: Erith (DA8) — drawing package work in Erith means victorian terraces, post-war estates. Erith is Victorian terraces, post-war estates. Bexley Council decides the Erith application, and Erith Riverside anchors the Erith location plan.
• Bordering DA16: Crayford (DA1) — Victorian terraces, 1930s semi-detached defines Crayford, where victorian terraces, 1930s semi-detached set what a drawing package can do. Any Crayford drawing package is validated by Bexley Council, with Crayford station the usual Crayford reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering DA16: Old Bexley (DA5) — a drawing package in Old Bexley starts from georgian villas, victorian cottages, and Old Bexley reads as Georgian and Victorian village conservation. in DA5. Bexley Council assesses Old Bexley architectural drawings against its own Old Bexley character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Old Bexley references Old Bexley Village.
• Bordering DA16: Belvedere (DA17) — a drawing package in Belvedere starts from 1930s semi-detached, post-war flats, and Belvedere reads as 1930s semi-detached, post-war flats. in DA17. Bexley Council assesses Belvedere architectural drawings against its own Belvedere character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Belvedere references Belvedere station.
• Bordering DA16: Barnehurst (DA7) — a drawing package in Barnehurst starts from 1930s semi-detached, and Barnehurst reads as 1930s semi-detached. in DA7. Bexley Council assesses Barnehurst architectural drawings against its own Barnehurst character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Barnehurst references Barnehurst station.

What local planning policy applies to a drawing package in DA16?

Conservation areas covering DA16 (Welling): Bexley Council runs 16, and Crayford, Welling, Bexley Village are the ones DA16 (Welling) owners meet most. A drawing package inside a DA16 (Welling) conservation area loses permitted development, so the DA16 (Welling) submission is a householder application at £548 decided in 8 weeks — not a £249 prior approval decided in 6 weeks. In Welling a drawing package is judged on the street elevation first.

Article 4 and your DA16 (Welling) drawing package: Bexley Council has made no borough-wide direction, so permitted development for a drawing package in DA16 (Welling) generally survives outside DA16 (Welling) conservation areas and listed curtilages. A Lawful Development Certificate at £274 is how a DA16 owner records that a drawing package was lawful.

The building fabric around DA16 (Welling): 1930s semi-detached dominates; Victorian cottages in Bexley Village and Crayford; post-war estates in Thamesmead and Erith. Outer south-east London suburban; very permissive planning environment; strong PD uptake for extensions and loft conversions. A drawing package in DA16 (Welling) 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 Bexley Council.

Who decides a drawing package on the edge of DA16?

• Greenwich — cross the DA16 (Welling) boundary and Greenwich Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 20 conservation areas of its own around SE3. We re-price architectural drawings at the DA16 (Welling) edge because Greenwich policy and Bexley policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
• Bromley — cross the DA16 (Welling) 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 DA16 (Welling) edge because Bromley policy and Bexley policy rarely align on drawing package depth.

Sources for this DA16 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.