Architectural drawings in E16

Which E16 postcodes does this drawing package service cover?

Every E16 postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a drawing package there. E16 fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not drawing package estimates.

What changes about a drawing package in each part of E16?

Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few E16 streets, and each one changes what a drawing package can achieve at that address.

• Inside E16: Canning Town (E16) — drawing package work in Canning Town means post-war estates, new-build. Canning Town is regenerated quarter, post-war estates. Newham Council decides the Canning Town application, and Canning Town station anchors the Canning Town location plan.
• Inside E16: Royal Docks (E16) — modern dockside towers, regen defines Royal Docks, where modern apartments, post-war estates set what a drawing package can do. Any Royal Docks drawing package is validated by Newham Council, with ExCeL the usual Royal Docks reference point on the site plan.
• Inside E16: Beckton (E6, E16) — a drawing package in Beckton starts from 1980s estates, new-build, and Beckton reads as 1980s estates, new-build. in E6. Newham Council assesses Beckton architectural drawings against its own Beckton character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Beckton references Beckton DLR.
• Bordering E16: Stratford (E15) — Olympic-era new-build, regen defines Stratford, where new-build, post-war estates set what a drawing package can do. Any Stratford drawing package is validated by Newham Council, with Olympic Park the usual Stratford reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering E16: Forest Gate (E7) — drawing package work in Forest Gate means victorian terraces. Forest Gate is Victorian terraces. Newham Council decides the Forest Gate application, and Forest Gate station anchors the Forest Gate location plan.
• Bordering E16: Plaistow (E13) — Victorian terraces, post-war flats defines Plaistow, where victorian terraces, post-war flats set what a drawing package can do. Any Plaistow drawing package is validated by Newham Council, with Plaistow Tube the usual Plaistow reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering E16: East Ham (E6) — Victorian terraces defines East Ham, where victorian terraces set what a drawing package can do. Any East Ham drawing package is validated by Newham Council, with East Ham High Street the usual East Ham reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering E16: West Ham (E15) — drawing package work in West Ham means victorian terraces, post-war estates. West Ham is Victorian terraces, post-war estates. Newham Council decides the West Ham application, and West Ham station anchors the West Ham location plan.
• Bordering E16: Manor Park (E12) — drawing package work in Manor Park means victorian terraces. Manor Park is Victorian terraces. Newham Council decides the Manor Park application, and Manor Park station anchors the Manor Park location plan.

What local planning policy applies to a drawing package in E16?

E16 (Canning Town / Royal Docks) conservation designations: there are 10 across Newham Council, Forest Gate, Plaistow, West Ham among them. Designation costs a E16 (Canning Town / Royal Docks) 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. Manor Park is the E16 (Canning Town / Royal Docks) designation that most often changes a drawing package design.

What Article 4 removes near E16 (Canning Town / Royal Docks): Article 4 Direction requires planning permission for any HMO conversion, plus restrictions on office-to-residential in Stratford and Royal Docks. Before pricing a drawing package we check whether the E16 address is inside the mapped area, because Newham Council draws the E16 (Canning Town / Royal Docks) boundary street by street rather than across the whole of E16 (Canning Town / Royal Docks).

The building fabric around E16 (Canning Town / Royal Docks): Victorian terraces across West Ham, Forest Gate, Plaistow; Olympic-era new-build in Stratford; post-war in Canning Town; substantial ongoing regeneration. High-regeneration borough; Olympic Park and Royal Docks drive major development; heavily HMO-managed borough. A drawing package in E16 (Canning Town / Royal Docks) 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 Newham Council.

What happens if a E16 property sits on a boundary?

• Barking and Dagenham — cross the E16 (Canning Town / Royal Docks) boundary and Barking and Dagenham Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 9 conservation areas of its own around IG11. We re-price architectural drawings at the E16 (Canning Town / Royal Docks) edge because Barking and Dagenham policy and Newham policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
• Greenwich — the Greenwich boundary runs against Newham, so a drawing package a street from E16 (Canning Town / Royal Docks) is decided by Greenwich Council instead. Greenwich runs 20 conservation areas across SE3 and its neighbours, which is why architectural drawings priced for E16 (Canning Town / Royal Docks) are re-checked against Greenwich policy whenever the E16 (Canning Town / Royal Docks) address sits on that edge.
• Tower Hamlets — adjoining E16 (Canning Town / Royal Docks), with 58 conservation areas centred on E1. A drawing package on the far side of the E16 (Canning Town / Royal Docks) line is determined by Tower Hamlets Council, so the E16 (Canning Town / Royal Docks) quote for architectural drawings is checked against Tower Hamlets guidance before it is issued.
• Hackney — cross the E16 (Canning Town / Royal Docks) boundary and Hackney Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 29 conservation areas of its own around E2. We re-price architectural drawings at the E16 (Canning Town / Royal Docks) edge because Hackney policy and Newham policy rarely align on drawing package depth.

Sources for this E16 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.