Architectural drawings in RM11

Where in RM11 does a drawing package actually get determined?

Every RM11 postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a drawing package there. RM11 fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not drawing package estimates.

What changes about a drawing package in each part of RM11?

Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few RM11 streets, and each one changes what a drawing package can achieve at that address.

• Inside RM11: Hornchurch (RM11, RM12) — 1930s semi-detached defines Hornchurch, where 1930s semi-detached set what a drawing package can do. Any Hornchurch drawing package is validated by Havering Council, with Hornchurch Tube the usual Hornchurch reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering RM11: Romford (RM1, RM2, RM7) — drawing package work in Romford means victorian terraces, 1930s semi-detached, post-war flats. Romford is Victorian and post-war centre. Havering Council decides the Romford application, and Romford Market anchors the Romford location plan.
• Bordering RM11: Upminster (RM14) — drawing package work in Upminster means 1930s semi-detached, edwardian villas. Upminster is 1930s semi-detached, Edwardian villas. Havering Council decides the Upminster application, and Upminster station anchors the Upminster location plan.
• Bordering RM11: Rainham (RM13) — drawing package work in Rainham means 1930s semi-detached. Rainham is 1930s semi-detached, village fragments. Havering Council decides the Rainham application, and Rainham Village anchors the Rainham location plan.
• Bordering RM11: Harold Hill (RM3) — post-war estate defines Harold Hill, where post-war estate set what a drawing package can do. Any Harold Hill drawing package is validated by Havering Council, with Harold Hill the usual Harold Hill reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering RM11: Collier Row (RM5) — 1930s semi-detached, post-war defines Collier Row, where 1930s semi-detached set what a drawing package can do. Any Collier Row drawing package is validated by Havering Council, with Collier Row Road the usual Collier Row reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering RM11: Elm Park (RM12) — 1930s semi-detached defines Elm Park, where 1930s semi-detached set what a drawing package can do. Any Elm Park drawing package is validated by Havering Council, with Elm Park Tube the usual Elm Park reference point on the site plan.

Does RM11 planning policy restrict a drawing package?

Conservation areas covering RM11 (Hornchurch / Emerson Park): Havering Council runs 15, and Rainham Village, Romford Market, Upminster are the ones RM11 (Hornchurch / Emerson Park) owners meet most. A drawing package inside a RM11 (Hornchurch / Emerson Park) conservation area loses permitted development, so the RM11 (Hornchurch / Emerson Park) submission is a householder application at £548 decided in 8 weeks — not a £249 prior approval decided in 6 weeks. In Hornchurch a drawing package is judged on the street elevation first.

Article 4 and your RM11 (Hornchurch / Emerson Park) drawing package: Havering Council has made no borough-wide direction, so permitted development for a drawing package in RM11 (Hornchurch / Emerson Park) generally survives outside RM11 (Hornchurch / Emerson Park) conservation areas and listed curtilages. A Lawful Development Certificate at £274 is how a RM11 owner records that a drawing package was lawful.

The building fabric around RM11 (Hornchurch / Emerson Park): 1930s semi-detached dominates Hornchurch and Upminster; post-war in Harold Hill and Romford; Victorian in older Romford centre. Outer east London; Metropolitan Green Belt covers north of the borough; permissive residential planning; strong PD use. A drawing package in RM11 (Hornchurch / Emerson Park) 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 Havering Council.

Who decides a drawing package on the edge of RM11?

• Barking and Dagenham — the Barking and Dagenham boundary runs against Havering, so a drawing package a street from RM11 (Hornchurch / Emerson 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 RM11 (Hornchurch / Emerson Park) are re-checked against Barking and Dagenham policy whenever the RM11 (Hornchurch / Emerson Park) address sits on that edge.
• Redbridge — the Redbridge boundary runs against Havering, so a drawing package a street from RM11 (Hornchurch / Emerson Park) is decided by Redbridge Council instead. Redbridge runs 14 conservation areas across E11 and its neighbours, which is why architectural drawings priced for RM11 (Hornchurch / Emerson Park) are re-checked against Redbridge policy whenever the RM11 (Hornchurch / Emerson Park) address sits on that edge.

Sources for this RM11 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.