Architectural drawings in RM5

Where in RM5 does a drawing package actually get determined?

Every RM5 postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a drawing package there. RM5 fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not drawing package estimates.

What changes about a drawing package in each part of RM5?

Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few RM5 streets, and each one changes what a drawing package can achieve at that address.

• Inside RM5: 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 RM5: Romford (RM1, RM2, RM7) — Victorian and post-war centre defines Romford, where victorian terraces, 1930s semi-detached, post-war flats set what a drawing package can do. Any Romford drawing package is validated by Havering Council, with Romford Market the usual Romford reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering RM5: Hornchurch (RM11, RM12) — drawing package work in Hornchurch means 1930s semi-detached. Hornchurch is 1930s semi-detached. Havering Council decides the Hornchurch application, and Hornchurch Tube anchors the Hornchurch location plan.
• Bordering RM5: Upminster (RM14) — a drawing package in Upminster starts from 1930s semi-detached, edwardian villas, and Upminster reads as 1930s semi-detached, Edwardian villas. in RM14. Havering Council assesses Upminster architectural drawings against its own Upminster character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Upminster references Upminster station.
• Bordering RM5: 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 RM5: 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 RM5: 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.

What local planning policy applies to a drawing package in RM5?

How designation changes a RM5 (Collier Row) drawing package: Havering Council maintains 15 conservation areas, including Hornchurch, Rainham Village, Romford Market. Inside any of them a RM5 (Collier Row) 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 RM5 (Collier Row) casework.

No blanket Article 4 over RM5 (Collier Row): Havering Council has not withdrawn permitted development across RM5 (Collier Row), so a drawing package outside a RM5 (Collier Row) conservation area usually keeps it. The £274 Lawful Development Certificate is still the document a RM5 owner wants on file.

RM5 (Collier Row) housing stock: 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. Read that before choosing a drawing package route in RM5 (Collier Row) — construction, not postcode, sets what is achievable. Havering Council charges £548 for a householder application and has 8 weeks to determine it.

Which neighbouring authorities border RM5?

• Barking and Dagenham — cross the RM5 (Collier Row) 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 RM5 (Collier Row) edge because Barking and Dagenham policy and Havering policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
• Redbridge — adjoining RM5 (Collier Row), with 14 conservation areas centred on E11. A drawing package on the far side of the RM5 (Collier Row) line is determined by Redbridge Council, so the RM5 (Collier Row) quote for architectural drawings is checked against Redbridge guidance before it is issued.

Sources for this RM5 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.