Architectural drawings in KT3

Which postcode districts around KT3 do we cover for drawing package work?

Every KT3 postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a drawing package there. KT3 fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not drawing package estimates.

Which KT3 neighbourhoods suit a drawing package best?

Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few KT3 streets, and each one changes what a drawing package can achieve at that address.

• Inside KT3: New Malden (KT3) — drawing package work in New Malden means edwardian villas, 1930s semi-detached. New Malden is Edwardian villas, 1930s semi-detached. Kingston Council decides the New Malden application, and New Malden High Street anchors the New Malden location plan.
• Inside KT3: Coombe (KT2, KT3) — 1930s detached and large semi-detached defines Coombe, where 1930s detached, edwardian villas set what a drawing package can do. Any Coombe drawing package is validated by Kingston Council, with Coombe Hill the usual Coombe reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering KT3: Kingston (KT1, KT2) — a drawing package in Kingston starts from georgian fragments, victorian terraces, 1930s semi-detached, and Kingston reads as Georgian and Victorian centre, riverside. in KT1. Kingston Council assesses Kingston architectural drawings against its own Kingston character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Kingston references Kingston Market.
• Bordering KT3: Surbiton (KT5, KT6) — Edwardian villas, mansion blocks defines Surbiton, where edwardian villas, mansion blocks set what a drawing package can do. Any Surbiton drawing package is validated by Kingston Council, with Surbiton station the usual Surbiton reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering KT3: Chessington (KT9) — 1930s semi-detached, post-war estates defines Chessington, where 1930s semi-detached set what a drawing package can do. Any Chessington drawing package is validated by Kingston Council, with Chessington World of Adventures the usual Chessington reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering KT3: Tolworth (KT5, KT6) — drawing package work in Tolworth means 1930s semi-detached, post-war flats. Tolworth is 1930s semi-detached, post-war flats. Kingston Council decides the Tolworth application, and Tolworth Tower anchors the Tolworth location plan.
• Bordering KT3: Norbiton (KT2) — Victorian terraces, Edwardian villas defines Norbiton, where victorian terraces, edwardian villas set what a drawing package can do. Any Norbiton drawing package is validated by Kingston Council, with Norbiton station the usual Norbiton reference point on the site plan.

What local planning policy applies to a drawing package in KT3?

KT3 (New Malden) conservation designations: there are 22 across Kingston Council, Hampton Wick, Coombe Hill, Kingston Old Town among them. Designation costs a KT3 (New Malden) owner the permitted-development route: a drawing package then needs a £548 householder application over 8 weeks, in place of the £249 prior approval route that takes 6 weeks. Surbiton is the KT3 (New Malden) designation that most often changes a drawing package design.

Article 4 and your KT3 (New Malden) drawing package: Kingston Council has made no borough-wide direction, so permitted development for a drawing package in KT3 (New Malden) generally survives outside KT3 (New Malden) conservation areas and listed curtilages. A Lawful Development Certificate at £274 is how a KT3 owner records that a drawing package was lawful.

The building fabric around KT3 (New Malden): Edwardian villas in Surbiton and New Malden; Victorian terraces in Kingston central; 1930s semi-detached in Chessington and Tolworth; post-war in New Malden. Outer south-west London suburban; generally permissive; riverside conservation areas add character in Kingston town. A drawing package in KT3 (New Malden) 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 Kingston Council.

What happens if a KT3 property sits on a boundary?

• Richmond upon Thames — adjoining KT3 (New Malden), with 72 conservation areas centred on SW13. A drawing package on the far side of the KT3 (New Malden) line is determined by Richmond Council, so the KT3 (New Malden) quote for architectural drawings is checked against Richmond upon Thames guidance before it is issued.
• Merton — cross the KT3 (New Malden) boundary and Merton Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 28 conservation areas of its own around SW16. We re-price architectural drawings at the KT3 (New Malden) edge because Merton policy and Kingston upon Thames policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
• Sutton — the Sutton boundary runs against Kingston upon Thames, so a drawing package a street from KT3 (New Malden) is decided by Sutton Council instead. Sutton runs 17 conservation areas across SM1 and its neighbours, which is why architectural drawings priced for KT3 (New Malden) are re-checked against Sutton policy whenever the KT3 (New Malden) address sits on that edge.

Sources for this KT3 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.