Architectural drawings in N1C

Which postcode districts around N1C do we cover for drawing package work?

Every N1C postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a drawing package there. N1C fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not drawing package estimates.

What changes about a drawing package in each part of N1C?

Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few N1C streets, and each one changes what a drawing package can achieve at that address.

• Inside N1C: King's Cross (N1C) — drawing package work in King's Cross means modern apartments, converted warehouses. King's Cross is regenerated quarter, contemporary new-build. Camden Council decides the King's Cross application, and King's Cross Station anchors the King's Cross location plan.
• Bordering N1C: Camden Town (NW1) — dense mixed-use, Victorian terraces, canal-side defines Camden Town, where victorian terraces, mansion blocks set what a drawing package can do. Any Camden Town drawing package is validated by Camden Council, with Camden Market the usual Camden Town reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering N1C: Hampstead (NW3) — a drawing package in Hampstead starts from georgian and victorian villas, listed buildings, and Hampstead reads as affluent, listed Georgian and Victorian villas. in NW3. Camden Council assesses Hampstead architectural drawings against its own Hampstead character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Hampstead references Hampstead Heath.
• Bordering N1C: Primrose Hill (NW1) — drawing package work in Primrose Hill means victorian and edwardian terraces. Primrose Hill is boutique village atmosphere, painted terraces. Camden Council decides the Primrose Hill application, and Primrose Hill park anchors the Primrose Hill location plan.
• Bordering N1C: Kentish Town (NW5) — a drawing package in Kentish Town starts from victorian terraces, and Kentish Town reads as Victorian terraced streets, gentrifying. in NW5. Camden Council assesses Kentish Town architectural drawings against its own Kentish Town character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Kentish Town references Kentish Town City Farm.
• Bordering N1C: Belsize Park (NW3) — a drawing package in Belsize Park starts from edwardian mansion blocks, victorian villas, and Belsize Park reads as tree-lined avenues, Edwardian mansion blocks. in NW3. Camden Council assesses Belsize Park architectural drawings against its own Belsize Park character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Belsize Park references Belsize Park station.
• Bordering N1C: Bloomsbury (WC1) — drawing package work in Bloomsbury means georgian terraces, listed buildings. Bloomsbury is Georgian squares, academic. Camden Council decides the Bloomsbury application, and British Museum anchors the Bloomsbury location plan.
• Bordering N1C: Fitzrovia (W1T) — a drawing package in Fitzrovia starts from georgian terraces, victorian mansion blocks, and Fitzrovia reads as Georgian and Victorian mix, creative quarter. in W1T. Camden Council assesses Fitzrovia architectural drawings against its own Fitzrovia character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Fitzrovia references Fitzroy Square.
• Bordering N1C: Highgate (N6) — drawing package work in Highgate means georgian villas, victorian and edwardian semis. Highgate is village character on the hill, Georgian and Victorian. Camden Council decides the Highgate application, and Highgate Cemetery anchors the Highgate location plan.
• Bordering N1C: Swiss Cottage (NW3, NW6) — mansion blocks and post-war flats defines Swiss Cottage, where mansion blocks, post-war flats set what a drawing package can do. Any Swiss Cottage drawing package is validated by Camden Council, with Swiss Cottage Library the usual Swiss Cottage reference point on the site plan.

Does N1C planning policy restrict a drawing package?

N1C (King's Cross) conservation designations: there are 40 across Camden Council, Fitzrovia, Hampstead, Primrose Hill among them. Designation costs a N1C (King's Cross) 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. Bloomsbury is the N1C (King's Cross) designation that most often changes a drawing package design.

N1C (King's Cross) and Article 4: Article 4 removes permitted development for HMO conversions (C3 to C4) across the borough, plus restrictions on basement extensions in 12 conservation areas. A drawing package planned at a N1C address is checked against that direction first; Camden Council publishes the N1C (King's Cross) extent, and the N1C line rarely follows the N1C (King's Cross) boundary you would expect.

N1C (King's Cross) below-ground policy: Camden's basement policy (Policy A5) restricts single-storey basements to 50% of garden area; double-storey basements generally refused outside commercial zones. Any drawing package in N1C (King's Cross) that goes below existing foundations triggers two months notice under section 6 of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996, and Camden Council will want the N1C ground and groundwater position set out.

What N1C (King's Cross) is built from: Victorian and Edwardian terraces, Georgian townhouses in Bloomsbury and Hampstead, post-war mansion blocks, modern developments in King's Cross. Creative, affluent in Hampstead and Primrose Hill; dense mixed-use around Camden Town and Kings Cross; academic character in Bloomsbury. That mix decides the drawing package route in N1C (King's Cross) more than the postcode does, and it is what a Camden Council case officer reads first. A householder application costs £548 paid to Camden Council direct, with 8 weeks to a decision once validated.

Which neighbouring authorities border N1C?

• City of London — the City of London boundary runs against Camden, so a drawing package a street from N1C (King's Cross) is decided by City of London Corporation instead. City of London runs 27 conservation areas across EC1 and its neighbours, which is why architectural drawings priced for N1C (King's Cross) are re-checked against City of London policy whenever the N1C (King's Cross) address sits on that edge.
• Westminster — cross the N1C (King's Cross) boundary and Westminster City Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 56 conservation areas of its own around SW1. We re-price architectural drawings at the N1C (King's Cross) edge because Westminster policy and Camden policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
• Islington — cross the N1C (King's Cross) boundary and Islington Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 40 conservation areas of its own around N1. We re-price architectural drawings at the N1C (King's Cross) edge because Islington policy and Camden policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
• Barnet — cross the N1C (King's Cross) boundary and Barnet Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 20 conservation areas of its own around N2. We re-price architectural drawings at the N1C (King's Cross) edge because Barnet policy and Camden policy rarely align on drawing package depth.

Sources for this N1C 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.