Architectural drawings in IG4

Which IG4 postcodes does this drawing package service cover?

Every IG4 postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a drawing package there. IG4 fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not drawing package estimates.

What changes about a drawing package in each part of IG4?

Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few IG4 streets, and each one changes what a drawing package can achieve at that address.

• Bordering IG4: 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 IG4: 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 IG4: Woodford Green (IG8) — 1930s semi-detached, Edwardian villas defines Woodford Green, where 1930s semi-detached, edwardian villas set what a drawing package can do. Any Woodford Green drawing package is validated by Redbridge Council, with Woodford Green the usual Woodford Green reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering IG4: Ilford (IG1) — drawing package work in Ilford means edwardian terraces, post-war flats. Ilford is post-war centre, Edwardian residential. Redbridge Council decides the Ilford application, and Ilford High Road anchors the Ilford location plan.
• Bordering IG4: 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 IG4: 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 IG4: 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.

What local planning policy applies to a drawing package in IG4?

Conservation areas covering IG4 (Redbridge / Wanstead): Redbridge Council runs 14, and Aldersbrook, Woodford Green, Wanstead Village are the ones IG4 (Redbridge / Wanstead) owners meet most. A drawing package inside a IG4 (Redbridge / Wanstead) conservation area loses permitted development, so the IG4 (Redbridge / Wanstead) submission is a householder application at £548 decided in 8 weeks — not a £249 prior approval decided in 6 weeks. In Woodford Green a drawing package is judged on the street elevation first.

Article 4 and your IG4 (Redbridge / Wanstead) drawing package: Redbridge Council has made no borough-wide direction, so permitted development for a drawing package in IG4 (Redbridge / Wanstead) generally survives outside IG4 (Redbridge / Wanstead) conservation areas and listed curtilages. A Lawful Development Certificate at £274 is how a IG4 owner records that a drawing package was lawful.

The building fabric around IG4 (Redbridge / Wanstead): 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. A drawing package in IG4 (Redbridge / Wanstead) 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 Redbridge Council.

What happens if a IG4 property sits on a boundary?

• Waltham Forest — cross the IG4 (Redbridge / Wanstead) 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 IG4 (Redbridge / Wanstead) edge because Waltham Forest policy and Redbridge policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
• Havering — the Havering boundary runs against Redbridge, so a drawing package a street from IG4 (Redbridge / Wanstead) is decided by Havering Council instead. Havering runs 15 conservation areas across RM1 and its neighbours, which is why architectural drawings priced for IG4 (Redbridge / Wanstead) are re-checked against Havering policy whenever the IG4 (Redbridge / Wanstead) address sits on that edge.
• Barking and Dagenham — adjoining IG4 (Redbridge / Wanstead), with 9 conservation areas centred on IG11. A drawing package on the far side of the IG4 (Redbridge / Wanstead) line is determined by Barking and Dagenham Council, so the IG4 (Redbridge / Wanstead) quote for architectural drawings is checked against Barking and Dagenham guidance before it is issued.
• Newham — cross the IG4 (Redbridge / Wanstead) boundary and Newham Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 10 conservation areas of its own around E6. We re-price architectural drawings at the IG4 (Redbridge / Wanstead) edge because Newham policy and Redbridge policy rarely align on drawing package depth.

Sources for this IG4 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.