Architectural drawings in RM3

Which RM3 postcodes does this drawing package service cover?

Every RM3 postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a drawing package there. RM3 fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not drawing package estimates.

Which RM3 neighbourhoods suit a drawing package best?

Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few RM3 streets, and each one changes what a drawing package can achieve at that address.

• Inside RM3: Harold Hill (RM3) — drawing package work in Harold Hill means post-war estate. Harold Hill is post-war estate. Havering Council decides the Harold Hill application, and Harold Hill anchors the Harold Hill location plan.
• Bordering RM3: Romford (RM1, RM2, RM7) — a drawing package in Romford starts from victorian terraces, 1930s semi-detached, post-war flats, and Romford reads as Victorian and post-war centre. in RM1. Havering Council assesses Romford architectural drawings against its own Romford character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Romford references Romford Market.
• Bordering RM3: 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 RM3: 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 RM3: 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 RM3: Collier Row (RM5) — a drawing package in Collier Row starts from 1930s semi-detached, and Collier Row reads as 1930s semi-detached, post-war. in RM5. Havering Council assesses Collier Row architectural drawings against its own Collier Row character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Collier Row references Collier Row Road.
• Bordering RM3: Elm Park (RM12) — drawing package work in Elm Park means 1930s semi-detached. Elm Park is 1930s semi-detached. Havering Council decides the Elm Park application, and Elm Park Tube anchors the Elm Park location plan.

Does RM3 planning policy restrict a drawing package?

How designation changes a RM3 (Harold Hill) drawing package: Havering Council maintains 15 conservation areas, including Rainham Village, Romford Market, Upminster. Inside any of them a RM3 (Harold Hill) drawing package cannot rely on permitted development, and the route becomes a £548 householder application determined in 8 weeks rather than a £249 prior approval in 6 weeks. Rainham Village sets the tone for RM3 (Harold Hill) casework.

Article 4 and your RM3 (Harold Hill) drawing package: Havering Council has made no borough-wide direction, so permitted development for a drawing package in RM3 (Harold Hill) generally survives outside RM3 (Harold Hill) conservation areas and listed curtilages. A Lawful Development Certificate at £274 is how a RM3 owner records that a drawing package was lawful.

The building fabric around RM3 (Harold Hill): 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 RM3 (Harold Hill) 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.

What happens if a RM3 property sits on a boundary?

• Barking and Dagenham — adjoining RM3 (Harold Hill), with 9 conservation areas centred on IG11. A drawing package on the far side of the RM3 (Harold Hill) line is determined by Barking and Dagenham Council, so the RM3 (Harold Hill) quote for architectural drawings is checked against Barking and Dagenham guidance before it is issued.
• Redbridge — cross the RM3 (Harold Hill) boundary and Redbridge Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 14 conservation areas of its own around E11. We re-price architectural drawings at the RM3 (Harold Hill) edge because Redbridge policy and Havering policy rarely align on drawing package depth.

Sources for this RM3 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.