Architectural drawings in SE13

Where in SE13 does a drawing package actually get determined?

Every SE13 postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a drawing package there. SE13 fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not drawing package estimates.

What changes about a drawing package in each part of SE13?

Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few SE13 streets, and each one changes what a drawing package can achieve at that address.

• Inside SE13: Lewisham (SE13) — Victorian terraces, post-war centre defines Lewisham, where victorian terraces, post-war flats set what a drawing package can do. Any Lewisham drawing package is validated by Lewisham Council, with Lewisham station the usual Lewisham reference point on the site plan.
• Inside SE13: Hither Green (SE13) — drawing package work in Hither Green means edwardian terraces, 1930s semi-detached. Hither Green is Edwardian terraces, 1930s semi-detached. Lewisham Council decides the Hither Green application, and Mountsfield Park anchors the Hither Green location plan.
• Bordering SE13: 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 SE13: Forest Hill (SE23) — drawing package work in Forest Hill means victorian villas, edwardian terraces. Forest Hill is Victorian villas, Edwardian terraces. Lewisham Council decides the Forest Hill application, and Horniman Museum anchors the Forest Hill location plan.
• Bordering SE13: 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 SE13: Blackheath (SE3) — Georgian and Victorian villas around the heath defines Blackheath, where georgian villas, victorian terraces set what a drawing package can do. Any Blackheath drawing package is validated by Lewisham Council, with Blackheath the usual Blackheath reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering SE13: 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 SE13: 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 SE13: Sydenham (SE26) — Victorian villas, Edwardian terraces defines Sydenham, where victorian villas, edwardian terraces set what a drawing package can do. Any Sydenham drawing package is validated by Lewisham Council, with Sydenham Wells Park the usual Sydenham reference point on the site plan.

What local planning policy applies to a drawing package in SE13?

SE13 (Lewisham / Hither Green) conservation designations: there are 30 across Lewisham Council, Deptford High Street, Forest Hill, Hither Green among them. Designation costs a SE13 (Lewisham / Hither Green) 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. Hither Green is the SE13 (Lewisham / Hither Green) designation that most often changes a drawing package design.

No blanket Article 4 over SE13 (Lewisham / Hither Green): Lewisham Council has not withdrawn permitted development across SE13 (Lewisham / Hither Green), so a drawing package outside a SE13 (Lewisham / Hither Green) conservation area usually keeps it. The £274 Lawful Development Certificate is still the document a SE13 owner wants on file.

SE13 (Lewisham / Hither Green) housing stock: 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. Read that before choosing a drawing package route in SE13 (Lewisham / Hither Green) — construction, not postcode, sets what is achievable. Lewisham Council charges £548 for a householder application and has 8 weeks to determine it.

Who decides a drawing package on the edge of SE13?

• Southwark — the Southwark boundary runs against Lewisham, so a drawing package a street from SE13 (Lewisham / Hither Green) is decided by Southwark Council instead. Southwark runs 43 conservation areas across SE1 and its neighbours, which is why architectural drawings priced for SE13 (Lewisham / Hither Green) are re-checked against Southwark policy whenever the SE13 (Lewisham / Hither Green) address sits on that edge.
• Greenwich — the Greenwich boundary runs against Lewisham, so a drawing package a street from SE13 (Lewisham / Hither Green) is decided by Greenwich Council instead. Greenwich runs 20 conservation areas across SE3 and its neighbours, which is why architectural drawings priced for SE13 (Lewisham / Hither Green) are re-checked against Greenwich policy whenever the SE13 (Lewisham / Hither Green) address sits on that edge.
• Bromley — the Bromley boundary runs against Lewisham, so a drawing package a street from SE13 (Lewisham / Hither Green) is decided by Bromley Council instead. Bromley runs 48 conservation areas across BR1 and its neighbours, which is why architectural drawings priced for SE13 (Lewisham / Hither Green) are re-checked against Bromley policy whenever the SE13 (Lewisham / Hither Green) address sits on that edge.
• Tower Hamlets — the Tower Hamlets boundary runs against Lewisham, so a drawing package a street from SE13 (Lewisham / Hither Green) is decided by Tower Hamlets Council instead. Tower Hamlets runs 58 conservation areas across E1 and its neighbours, which is why architectural drawings priced for SE13 (Lewisham / Hither Green) are re-checked against Tower Hamlets policy whenever the SE13 (Lewisham / Hither Green) address sits on that edge.

Sources for this SE13 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.