Architectural drawings in EC1M

Which postcode districts around EC1M do we cover for drawing package work?

Every EC1M postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a drawing package there. EC1M fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not drawing package estimates.

What changes about a drawing package in each part of EC1M?

Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few EC1M streets, and each one changes what a drawing package can achieve at that address.

• Bordering EC1M: Angel (N1, EC1V) — Georgian terraces, dense town centre defines Angel, where georgian and early victorian terraces set what a drawing package can do. Any Angel drawing package is validated by Islington Council, with Angel station the usual Angel reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering EC1M: Barnsbury (N1) — a drawing package in Barnsbury starts from georgian and early victorian terraces, and Barnsbury reads as Georgian conservation area. in N1. Islington Council assesses Barnsbury architectural drawings against its own Barnsbury character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Barnsbury references Barnsbury Square.
• Bordering EC1M: Canonbury (N1) — Georgian and Victorian conservation area defines Canonbury, where georgian villas, victorian terraces set what a drawing package can do. Any Canonbury drawing package is validated by Islington Council, with Canonbury Square the usual Canonbury reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering EC1M: Highbury (N5) — drawing package work in Highbury means victorian terraces, mansion blocks. Highbury is Victorian terraces around Highbury Fields. Islington Council decides the Highbury application, and Highbury Fields anchors the Highbury location plan.
• Bordering EC1M: Clerkenwell (EC1) — a drawing package in Clerkenwell starts from warehouse conversions, georgian fragments, and Clerkenwell reads as converted industrial buildings, creative offices. in EC1. Islington Council assesses Clerkenwell architectural drawings against its own Clerkenwell character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Clerkenwell references Exmouth Market.
• Bordering EC1M: Finsbury Park (N4) — drawing package work in Finsbury Park means victorian terraces, post-war estates. Finsbury Park is Victorian terraces, mixed. Islington Council decides the Finsbury Park application, and Finsbury Park anchors the Finsbury Park location plan.
• Bordering EC1M: Archway (N19) — a drawing package in Archway starts from victorian terraces, post-war flats, and Archway reads as Victorian terraces on the hill. in N19. Islington Council assesses Archway architectural drawings against its own Archway character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Archway references Whittington Hospital.
• Bordering EC1M: Tufnell Park (N7, N19) — drawing package work in Tufnell Park means victorian villas and terraces. Tufnell Park is Victorian villas and terraces. Islington Council decides the Tufnell Park application, and Tufnell Park station anchors the Tufnell Park location plan.
• Bordering EC1M: Holloway (N7) — a drawing package in Holloway starts from victorian terraces, post-war estates, and Holloway reads as Victorian terraces, post-war estates. in N7. Islington Council assesses Holloway architectural drawings against its own Holloway character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Holloway references Holloway Road.
• Bordering EC1M: Newington Green (N16) — drawing package work in Newington Green means georgian and victorian terraces. Newington Green is Georgian fragments, Victorian terraces. Islington Council decides the Newington Green application, and Newington Green anchors the Newington Green location plan.

Does EC1M planning policy restrict a drawing package?

How designation changes a EC1M (Clerkenwell) drawing package: Islington Council maintains 40 conservation areas, including Angel, Barnsbury, Canonbury. Inside any of them a EC1M (Clerkenwell) drawing package cannot rely on permitted development, and the route becomes a £548 householder application determined in 8 weeks rather than a £249 prior approval in 6 weeks. Barnsbury sets the tone for EC1M (Clerkenwell) casework.

EC1M (Clerkenwell) and Article 4: Article 4 Direction covering the whole borough removes permitted development rights for HMO conversions (C3 to C4). Separate Article 4 for office-to-residential in key areas. A drawing package planned at a EC1M address is checked against that direction first; Islington Council publishes the EC1M (Clerkenwell) extent, and the EC1M line rarely follows the EC1M (Clerkenwell) boundary you would expect.

EC1M (Clerkenwell) housing stock: Georgian and early Victorian terraces, Victorian bye-law housing, 1930s mansion blocks, converted industrial buildings in Clerkenwell and Farringdon. Densely terraced, gentrified; strong conservation area coverage; active planning department. Read that before choosing a drawing package route in EC1M (Clerkenwell) — construction, not postcode, sets what is achievable. Islington Council charges £548 for a householder application and has 8 weeks to determine it.

Who decides a drawing package on the edge of EC1M?

• Camden — cross the EC1M (Clerkenwell) boundary and Camden Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 40 conservation areas of its own around NW1. We re-price architectural drawings at the EC1M (Clerkenwell) edge because Camden policy and Islington policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
• Hackney — adjoining EC1M (Clerkenwell), with 29 conservation areas centred on E2. A drawing package on the far side of the EC1M (Clerkenwell) line is determined by Hackney Council, so the EC1M (Clerkenwell) quote for architectural drawings is checked against Hackney guidance before it is issued.
• Haringey — adjoining EC1M (Clerkenwell), with 29 conservation areas centred on N4. A drawing package on the far side of the EC1M (Clerkenwell) line is determined by Haringey Council, so the EC1M (Clerkenwell) quote for architectural drawings is checked against Haringey guidance before it is issued.
• City of London — the City of London boundary runs against Islington, so a drawing package a street from EC1M (Clerkenwell) is decided by City of London Corporation instead. City of London runs 27 conservation areas across EC1 and its neighbours, which is why architectural drawings priced for EC1M (Clerkenwell) are re-checked against City of London policy whenever the EC1M (Clerkenwell) address sits on that edge.

Sources for this EC1M 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.