Architectural drawings in IG2

Where in IG2 does a drawing package actually get determined?

Every IG2 postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a drawing package there. IG2 fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not drawing package estimates.

How does a drawing package differ street by street across IG2?

Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few IG2 streets, and each one changes what a drawing package can achieve at that address.

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

Does IG2 planning policy restrict a drawing package?

How designation changes a IG2 (Gants Hill / Newbury Park) drawing package: Redbridge Council maintains 14 conservation areas, including Woodford Green, Wanstead Village, Snaresbrook. Inside any of them a IG2 (Gants Hill / Newbury Park) 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 IG2 (Gants Hill / Newbury Park) casework.

Article 4 and your IG2 (Gants Hill / Newbury Park) drawing package: Redbridge Council has made no borough-wide direction, so permitted development for a drawing package in IG2 (Gants Hill / Newbury Park) generally survives outside IG2 (Gants Hill / Newbury Park) conservation areas and listed curtilages. A Lawful Development Certificate at £274 is how a IG2 owner records that a drawing package was lawful.

IG2 (Gants Hill / Newbury Park) 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 IG2 (Gants Hill / Newbury Park) — construction, not postcode, sets what is achievable. Redbridge Council charges £548 for a householder application and has 8 weeks to determine it.

Who decides a drawing package on the edge of IG2?

• Waltham Forest — the Waltham Forest boundary runs against Redbridge, so a drawing package a street from IG2 (Gants Hill / Newbury Park) is decided by Waltham Forest Council instead. Waltham Forest runs 17 conservation areas across E4 and its neighbours, which is why architectural drawings priced for IG2 (Gants Hill / Newbury Park) are re-checked against Waltham Forest policy whenever the IG2 (Gants Hill / Newbury Park) address sits on that edge.
• Havering — adjoining IG2 (Gants Hill / Newbury Park), with 15 conservation areas centred on RM1. A drawing package on the far side of the IG2 (Gants Hill / Newbury Park) line is determined by Havering Council, so the IG2 (Gants Hill / Newbury Park) 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 IG2 (Gants Hill / Newbury Park) 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 IG2 (Gants Hill / Newbury Park) are re-checked against Barking and Dagenham policy whenever the IG2 (Gants Hill / Newbury Park) address sits on that edge.
• Newham — the Newham boundary runs against Redbridge, so a drawing package a street from IG2 (Gants Hill / Newbury Park) is decided by Newham Council instead. Newham runs 10 conservation areas across E6 and its neighbours, which is why architectural drawings priced for IG2 (Gants Hill / Newbury Park) are re-checked against Newham policy whenever the IG2 (Gants Hill / Newbury Park) address sits on that edge.

Sources for this IG2 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.