Architectural drawings in IG5

Which postcode districts around IG5 do we cover for drawing package work?

Every IG5 postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a drawing package there. IG5 fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not drawing package estimates.

Which IG5 neighbourhoods suit a drawing package best?

Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few IG5 streets, and each one changes what a drawing package can achieve at that address.

• Bordering IG5: 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 IG5: 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 IG5: 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 IG5: 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 IG5: Barkingside (IG6) — a drawing package in Barkingside starts from 1930s semi-detached, and Barkingside reads as 1930s semi-detached. in IG6. Redbridge Council assesses Barkingside architectural drawings against its own Barkingside character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Barkingside references Barkingside High Street.
• Bordering IG5: 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 IG5: 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.

How do conservation areas and Article 4 affect a drawing package in IG5?

Conservation areas covering IG5 (Clayhall): Redbridge Council runs 14, and Wanstead Village, Snaresbrook, Aldersbrook are the ones IG5 (Clayhall) owners meet most. A drawing package inside a IG5 (Clayhall) conservation area loses permitted development, so the IG5 (Clayhall) 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 IG5 (Clayhall) drawing package: Redbridge Council has made no borough-wide direction, so permitted development for a drawing package in IG5 (Clayhall) generally survives outside IG5 (Clayhall) conservation areas and listed curtilages. A Lawful Development Certificate at £274 is how a IG5 owner records that a drawing package was lawful.

IG5 (Clayhall) 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 IG5 (Clayhall) — 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 IG5 property sits on a boundary?

• Waltham Forest — adjoining IG5 (Clayhall), with 17 conservation areas centred on E4. A drawing package on the far side of the IG5 (Clayhall) line is determined by Waltham Forest Council, so the IG5 (Clayhall) quote for architectural drawings is checked against Waltham Forest guidance before it is issued.
• Havering — cross the IG5 (Clayhall) boundary and Havering Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 15 conservation areas of its own around RM1. We re-price architectural drawings at the IG5 (Clayhall) edge because Havering policy and Redbridge policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
• Barking and Dagenham — cross the IG5 (Clayhall) 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 IG5 (Clayhall) edge because Barking and Dagenham policy and Redbridge policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
• Newham — cross the IG5 (Clayhall) 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 IG5 (Clayhall) edge because Newham policy and Redbridge policy rarely align on drawing package depth.

Sources for this IG5 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.