Architectural drawings in SE12

Which postcode districts around SE12 do we cover for drawing package work?

Every SE12 postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a drawing package there. SE12 fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not drawing package estimates.

How does a drawing package differ street by street across SE12?

Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few SE12 streets, and each one changes what a drawing package can achieve at that address.

• Bordering SE12: Brockley (SE4) — drawing package work in Brockley means victorian and edwardian terraces. Brockley is Victorian and Edwardian terraces. Lewisham Council decides the Brockley application, and Brockley station anchors the Brockley location plan.
• Bordering SE12: Forest Hill (SE23) — a drawing package in Forest Hill starts from victorian villas, edwardian terraces, and Forest Hill reads as Victorian villas, Edwardian terraces. in SE23. Lewisham Council assesses Forest Hill architectural drawings against its own Forest Hill character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Forest Hill references Horniman Museum.
• Bordering SE12: Honor Oak (SE23) — a drawing package in Honor Oak starts from victorian villas, edwardian terraces, and Honor Oak reads as Victorian villas on the hill. in SE23. Lewisham Council assesses Honor Oak architectural drawings against its own Honor Oak character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Honor Oak references One Tree Hill.
• Bordering SE12: Lewisham (SE13) — drawing package work in Lewisham means victorian terraces, post-war flats. Lewisham is Victorian terraces, post-war centre. Lewisham Council decides the Lewisham application, and Lewisham station anchors the Lewisham location plan.
• Bordering SE12: Blackheath (SE3) — drawing package work in Blackheath means georgian villas, victorian terraces. Blackheath is Georgian and Victorian villas around the heath. Lewisham Council decides the Blackheath application, and Blackheath anchors the Blackheath location plan.
• Bordering SE12: Catford (SE6) — a drawing package in Catford starts from 1930s semi-detached, post-war flats, and Catford reads as 1930s semi-detached, post-war centre. in SE6. Lewisham Council assesses Catford architectural drawings against its own Catford character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Catford references Catford Cat.
• Bordering SE12: Deptford (SE8) — a drawing package in Deptford starts from georgian terraces, post-war estates, new-build, and Deptford reads as Georgian fragments, regenerating quarter. in SE8. Lewisham Council assesses Deptford architectural drawings against its own Deptford character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Deptford references Deptford High Street.
• Bordering SE12: Hither Green (SE13) — Edwardian terraces, 1930s semi-detached defines Hither Green, where edwardian terraces, 1930s semi-detached set what a drawing package can do. Any Hither Green drawing package is validated by Lewisham Council, with Mountsfield Park the usual Hither Green reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering SE12: Sydenham (SE26) — drawing package work in Sydenham means victorian villas, edwardian terraces. Sydenham is Victorian villas, Edwardian terraces. Lewisham Council decides the Sydenham application, and Sydenham Wells Park anchors the Sydenham location plan.
• Bordering SE12: Bromley (BR1, BR2) — drawing package work in Bromley means victorian terraces, edwardian villas, post-war flats. Bromley is Victorian and Edwardian centre. Bromley Council decides the Bromley application, and Bromley High Street anchors the Bromley location plan.

How do conservation areas and Article 4 affect a drawing package in SE12?

SE12 (Lee / Grove Park) conservation designations: there are 30 across Lewisham Council, Deptford High Street, Forest Hill, Hither Green among them. Designation costs a SE12 (Lee / Grove Park) 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. Blackheath is the SE12 (Lee / Grove Park) designation that most often changes a drawing package design.

Article 4 and your SE12 (Lee / Grove Park) drawing package: Lewisham Council has made no borough-wide direction, so permitted development for a drawing package in SE12 (Lee / Grove Park) generally survives outside SE12 (Lee / Grove Park) conservation areas and listed curtilages. A Lawful Development Certificate at £274 is how a SE12 owner records that a drawing package was lawful.

What SE12 (Lee / Grove Park) is built from: Victorian and Edwardian terraces across Brockley, Honor Oak, Forest Hill; 1930s semi-detached in Catford and Hither Green; post-war mixed in Deptford. Generally permissive planning compared to central boroughs; loft conversions and side-return extensions routinely approved under PD. That mix decides the drawing package route in SE12 (Lee / Grove Park) more than the postcode does, and it is what a Lewisham Council case officer reads first. A householder application costs £548 paid to Lewisham Council direct, with 8 weeks to a decision once validated.

SE12 (Lee / Grove Park) conservation designations: there are 48 across Bromley Council, Chislehurst, Beckenham, Keston among them. Designation costs a SE12 (Lee / Grove Park) 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. Bromley Town is the SE12 (Lee / Grove Park) designation that most often changes a drawing package design.

Article 4 and your SE12 (Lee / Grove Park) drawing package: Bromley Council has made no borough-wide direction, so permitted development for a drawing package in SE12 (Lee / Grove Park) generally survives outside SE12 (Lee / Grove Park) conservation areas and listed curtilages. A Lawful Development Certificate at £274 is how a SE12 owner records that a drawing package was lawful.

What SE12 (Lee / Grove Park) is built from: Large 1930s detached and semi-detached in Chislehurst and Bickley; Edwardian in Beckenham; Victorian in Bromley town; Metropolitan Green Belt covers significant rural-fringe land. Largest London borough by area; substantial Green Belt; conservation areas in most town centres; generally permissive elsewhere. That mix decides the drawing package route in SE12 (Lee / Grove Park) more than the postcode does, and it is what a Bromley Council case officer reads first. A householder application costs £548 paid to Bromley Council direct, with 8 weeks to a decision once validated.

What happens if a SE12 property sits on a boundary?

• Southwark — cross the SE12 (Lee / Grove Park) boundary and Southwark Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 43 conservation areas of its own around SE1. We re-price architectural drawings at the SE12 (Lee / Grove Park) edge because Southwark policy and Lewisham policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
• Greenwich — cross the SE12 (Lee / Grove Park) boundary and Greenwich Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 20 conservation areas of its own around SE3. We re-price architectural drawings at the SE12 (Lee / Grove Park) edge because Greenwich policy and Lewisham policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
• Bromley — cross the SE12 (Lee / Grove Park) boundary and Bromley Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 48 conservation areas of its own around BR1. We re-price architectural drawings at the SE12 (Lee / Grove Park) edge because Bromley policy and Lewisham policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
• Tower Hamlets — cross the SE12 (Lee / Grove Park) boundary and Tower Hamlets Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 58 conservation areas of its own around E1. We re-price architectural drawings at the SE12 (Lee / Grove Park) edge because Tower Hamlets policy and Lewisham policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
• Bexley — cross the SE12 (Lee / Grove Park) boundary and Bexley Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 16 conservation areas of its own around DA1. We re-price architectural drawings at the SE12 (Lee / Grove Park) edge because Bexley policy and Bromley policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
• Croydon — cross the SE12 (Lee / Grove Park) boundary and Croydon Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 24 conservation areas of its own around CR0. We re-price architectural drawings at the SE12 (Lee / Grove Park) edge because Croydon policy and Bromley policy rarely align on drawing package depth.

Sources for this SE12 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.