Architectural drawings in IG1

Where in IG1 does a drawing package actually get determined?

Every IG1 postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a drawing package there. IG1 fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not drawing package estimates.

What changes about a drawing package in each part of IG1?

Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few IG1 streets, and each one changes what a drawing package can achieve at that address.

• Inside IG1: Ilford (IG1) — post-war centre, Edwardian residential defines Ilford, where edwardian terraces, post-war flats set what a drawing package can do. Any Ilford drawing package is validated by Redbridge Council, with Ilford High Road the usual Ilford reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering IG1: Wanstead (E11) — drawing package work in Wanstead means edwardian villas, 1930s semi-detached. Wanstead is Edwardian villas, 1930s semi-detached. Redbridge Council decides the Wanstead application, and Wanstead Park anchors the Wanstead location plan.
• Bordering IG1: South Woodford (E18) — a drawing package in South Woodford starts from edwardian villas, 1930s semi-detached, and South Woodford reads as Edwardian villas, 1930s semi-detached. in E18. Redbridge Council assesses South Woodford architectural drawings against its own South Woodford character guidance, and the location plan we draw for South Woodford references South Woodford Tube.
• Bordering IG1: Woodford Green (IG8) — drawing package work in Woodford Green means 1930s semi-detached, edwardian villas. Woodford Green is 1930s semi-detached, Edwardian villas. Redbridge Council decides the Woodford Green application, and Woodford Green anchors the Woodford Green location plan.
• Bordering IG1: Barkingside (IG6) — 1930s semi-detached defines Barkingside, where 1930s semi-detached set what a drawing package can do. Any Barkingside drawing package is validated by Redbridge Council, with Barkingside High Street the usual Barkingside reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering IG1: Gants Hill (IG2) — drawing package work in Gants Hill means 1930s semi-detached. Gants Hill is 1930s semi-detached. Redbridge Council decides the Gants Hill application, and Gants Hill Tube anchors the Gants Hill location plan.
• Bordering IG1: Snaresbrook (E11) — drawing package work in Snaresbrook means edwardian villas. Snaresbrook is Edwardian villas, conservation. Redbridge Council decides the Snaresbrook application, and Snaresbrook station anchors the Snaresbrook location plan.

Does IG1 planning policy restrict a drawing package?

How designation changes a IG1 (Ilford Central) drawing package: Redbridge Council maintains 14 conservation areas, including Snaresbrook, Aldersbrook, Woodford Green. Inside any of them a IG1 (Ilford Central) 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. Woodford Green sets the tone for IG1 (Ilford Central) casework.

Article 4 and your IG1 (Ilford Central) drawing package: Redbridge Council has made no borough-wide direction, so permitted development for a drawing package in IG1 (Ilford Central) generally survives outside IG1 (Ilford Central) conservation areas and listed curtilages. A Lawful Development Certificate at £274 is how a IG1 owner records that a drawing package was lawful.

IG1 (Ilford Central) housing stock: 1930s semi-detached dominates outer Redbridge; Edwardian terraces and villas in Wanstead and South Woodford; post-war estates in Ilford central. Outer London suburban; permitted development used heavily for loft conversions and single-storey rear extensions. Read that before choosing a drawing package route in IG1 (Ilford Central) — construction, not postcode, sets what is achievable. Redbridge Council charges £548 for a householder application and has 8 weeks to determine it.

What happens if a IG1 property sits on a boundary?

• Waltham Forest — cross the IG1 (Ilford Central) boundary and Waltham Forest Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 17 conservation areas of its own around E4. We re-price architectural drawings at the IG1 (Ilford Central) edge because Waltham Forest policy and Redbridge policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
• Havering — adjoining IG1 (Ilford Central), with 15 conservation areas centred on RM1. A drawing package on the far side of the IG1 (Ilford Central) line is determined by Havering Council, so the IG1 (Ilford Central) quote for architectural drawings is checked against Havering guidance before it is issued.
• Barking and Dagenham — the Barking and Dagenham boundary runs against Redbridge, so a drawing package a street from IG1 (Ilford Central) is decided by Barking and Dagenham Council instead. Barking and Dagenham runs 9 conservation areas across IG11 and its neighbours, which is why architectural drawings priced for IG1 (Ilford Central) are re-checked against Barking and Dagenham policy whenever the IG1 (Ilford Central) address sits on that edge.
• Newham — the Newham boundary runs against Redbridge, so a drawing package a street from IG1 (Ilford Central) is decided by Newham Council instead. Newham runs 10 conservation areas across E6 and its neighbours, which is why architectural drawings priced for IG1 (Ilford Central) are re-checked against Newham policy whenever the IG1 (Ilford Central) address sits on that edge.

Sources for this IG1 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.