Architectural drawings in SE15

Which SE15 postcodes does this drawing package service cover?

Every SE15 postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a drawing package there. SE15 fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not drawing package estimates.

What changes about a drawing package in each part of SE15?

Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few SE15 streets, and each one changes what a drawing package can achieve at that address.

• Inside SE15: Peckham (SE15) — drawing package work in Peckham means victorian terraces, post-war estates. Peckham is Victorian terraces, creative renewal. Southwark Council decides the Peckham application, and Peckham Rye anchors the Peckham location plan.
• Inside SE15: Nunhead (SE15) — Victorian terraces around the cemetery defines Nunhead, where victorian terraces set what a drawing package can do. Any Nunhead drawing package is validated by Southwark Council, with Nunhead Cemetery the usual Nunhead reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering SE15: Bermondsey (SE1, SE16) — a drawing package in Bermondsey starts from warehouse conversions, georgian terraces, new-build, and Bermondsey reads as warehouse conversions, Georgian fragments. in SE1. Southwark Council assesses Bermondsey architectural drawings against its own Bermondsey character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Bermondsey references Bermondsey Street.
• Bordering SE15: Borough (SE1) — drawing package work in Borough means georgian and victorian terraces, warehouse conversions. Borough is Georgian and Victorian terraces, market quarter. Southwark Council decides the Borough application, and Borough Market anchors the Borough location plan.
• Bordering SE15: Camberwell (SE5) — a drawing package in Camberwell starts from georgian villas, victorian terraces, and Camberwell reads as Georgian villas, Victorian terraces. in SE5. Southwark Council assesses Camberwell architectural drawings against its own Camberwell character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Camberwell references Camberwell Green.
• Bordering SE15: Dulwich Village (SE21) — a drawing package in Dulwich Village starts from georgian villas, edwardian villas (dulwich estate), and Dulwich Village reads as Georgian and Edwardian villas, Estate-managed. in SE21. Southwark Council assesses Dulwich Village architectural drawings against its own Dulwich Village character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Dulwich Village references Dulwich Picture Gallery.
• Bordering SE15: East Dulwich (SE22) — drawing package work in East Dulwich means victorian and edwardian terraces. East Dulwich is Victorian and Edwardian terraces. Southwark Council decides the East Dulwich application, and Lordship Lane anchors the East Dulwich location plan.
• Bordering SE15: Rotherhithe (SE16) — drawing package work in Rotherhithe means warehouse conversions, post-war estates, new-build. Rotherhithe is warehouse conversions, riverside. Southwark Council decides the Rotherhithe application, and Surrey Quays anchors the Rotherhithe location plan.
• Bordering SE15: Elephant and Castle (SE1, SE17) — drawing package work in Elephant and Castle means post-war estates, new-build towers. Elephant and Castle is regenerated quarter, modernist origins. Southwark Council decides the Elephant and Castle application, and Elephant and Castle station anchors the Elephant and Castle location plan.

What local planning policy applies to a drawing package in SE15?

Conservation areas covering SE15 (Peckham / Nunhead): Southwark Council runs 43, and Bermondsey Street, Dulwich Village, Peckham Rye are the ones SE15 (Peckham / Nunhead) owners meet most. A drawing package inside a SE15 (Peckham / Nunhead) conservation area loses permitted development, so the SE15 (Peckham / Nunhead) submission is a householder application at £548 decided in 8 weeks — not a £249 prior approval decided in 6 weeks. In Camberwell Grove a drawing package is judged on the street elevation first.

Article 4 and your SE15 (Peckham / Nunhead) drawing package: Article 4 for HMOs borough-wide; additional Article 4 for office-to-residential in Bermondsey and Elephant & Castle. At a SE15 address that matters twice over, because Southwark Council applies the direction unevenly across SE15 (Peckham / Nunhead) — we read the SE15 (Peckham / Nunhead) policies map for the exact SE15 address before quoting architectural drawings.

The building fabric around SE15 (Peckham / Nunhead): Georgian and Regency in Bermondsey and Borough; Victorian terraces in Camberwell and Peckham; Dulwich Estate controlled housing; riverside new-build. Dulwich Estate private planning scheme affects much of SE21 and SE22; Southwark planning for rest of borough; strong heritage context. A drawing package in SE15 (Peckham / Nunhead) 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 Southwark Council.

Who decides a drawing package on the edge of SE15?

• Lewisham — the Lewisham boundary runs against Southwark, so a drawing package a street from SE15 (Peckham / Nunhead) is decided by Lewisham Council instead. Lewisham runs 30 conservation areas across SE3 and its neighbours, which is why architectural drawings priced for SE15 (Peckham / Nunhead) are re-checked against Lewisham policy whenever the SE15 (Peckham / Nunhead) address sits on that edge.
• Bromley — the Bromley boundary runs against Southwark, so a drawing package a street from SE15 (Peckham / Nunhead) is decided by Bromley Council instead. Bromley runs 48 conservation areas across BR1 and its neighbours, which is why architectural drawings priced for SE15 (Peckham / Nunhead) are re-checked against Bromley policy whenever the SE15 (Peckham / Nunhead) address sits on that edge.
• Tower Hamlets — adjoining SE15 (Peckham / Nunhead), with 58 conservation areas centred on E1. A drawing package on the far side of the SE15 (Peckham / Nunhead) line is determined by Tower Hamlets Council, so the SE15 (Peckham / Nunhead) quote for architectural drawings is checked against Tower Hamlets guidance before it is issued.
• City of London — adjoining SE15 (Peckham / Nunhead), with 27 conservation areas centred on EC1. A drawing package on the far side of the SE15 (Peckham / Nunhead) line is determined by City of London Corporation, so the SE15 (Peckham / Nunhead) quote for architectural drawings is checked against City of London guidance before it is issued.

Sources for this SE15 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.