Planning Drawings · SW14 Mortlake
Richmond controls the Mortlake and East Sheen conservation areas; the former Stag Brewery is a major local redevelopment.
The borough-level guide to planning drawings in Richmond upon Thames sets out how the same work is handled across the rest of the authority.
Planning drawings for Mortlake start by establishing whether your scheme is Permitted Development, needs a Lawful Development Certificate, or full planning from Richmond Council. On SW14's edwardian and inter-war terraces and semis around, the recurring questions are roof additions, rear and side-return extensions, and alterations within Mortlake / The Green, East Sheen, Sheen Common. We draw existing and proposed plans, elevations and a site location plan to the council's validation checklist for Mortlake, East Sheen, Sheen, North Sheen fringe.
Across Mortlake, East Sheen, Sheen, North Sheen fringe in SW14, the dominant property is edwardian and inter-war terraces and semis around mortlake and east sheen, with larger houses toward richmond park. That stock shapes what planning permission drawings looks like here: the right approach for a period terrace differs from a mansion-block flat or a new-build, and Richmond Council judges each on design quality and neighbour impact. We survey the specific Mortlake property, confirm the planning route — Permitted Development, a Lawful Development Certificate, or full planning — and draw a council-ready set tailored to the SW14 streetscape.
Housing stock in SW14: Edwardian and inter-war terraces and semis around Mortlake and East Sheen, with larger houses toward Richmond Park.
Within the district: Mortlake, East Sheen, Sheen, North Sheen fringe.
Streets we know in SW14: the East Sheen streets (Christchurch Road, Sheen Lane), the Mortlake riverside and the Palewell streets. Each road has its own building line, boundary treatment and precedent that Richmond Council weighs when assessing a planning permission drawings scheme.
Conservation areas: Mortlake / The Green, East Sheen, Sheen Common. Inside these, most external work needs full planning and a Heritage Statement.
Getting around SW14: Mortlake and North Sheen rail to Waterloo, plus Richmond nearby for the District line.
Regeneration: Mortlake falls within or beside the Mortlake / Stag Brewery redevelopment, which shapes local planning policy and design expectations.
Property values: around £450,000 for a flat and £900,000-£1.4m for a house — a useful gauge of the build value an extension or loft adds in SW14.
Borough character: Highest conservation area coverage in London; Royal Parks and Thames corridor add heritage layers; design quality heavily scrutinised.
A chartered technologist visits and laser-measures every room. Typically 60–90 minutes on site.
Drafted in Revit or AutoCAD at 1:100 or 1:50. Fully annotated and council-ready.
Unlimited revisions until you approve. Shadow studies for committee-sensitive applications.
Site location plan, block plan, Design & Access Statement where required.
We lodge the application with Richmond Council and pay statutory fees directly.
Every officer query, consultation response and amendment handled through to determination.
Single planning or building-regs submission.
Planning + building regs + structural.
Listed, conservation or complex sites.
Yes. The Edwardian and inter-war terraces and semis around Christchurch Road and Sheen Lane suit side-return, rear and loft extensions, much of it within Permitted Development outside the conservation areas, confirmed with a Lawful Development Certificate. We confirm the route and draw to Richmond's checklist.
The former Stag Brewery site at Mortlake is being redeveloped into homes, a school and riverside public space, one of the borough's largest schemes, supporting values across SW14. For a house project the binding controls remain Permitted Development limits and the local conservation area, which we check for your address.
Usually yes on the semis and terraces — a hip-to-gable plus rear dormer within the volume allowance, confirmed by a Lawful Development Certificate, provided you're not in the Mortlake or East Sheen conservation areas. We check the constraints for your road and draw it for Building Control.
With SW14 houses around £900,000-£1.4m and the appeal of Richmond Park on the doorstep, a side-return or loft adds family space worth well above the build and drawing cost.
With Mortlake property at around £450,000 for a flat and £900,000-£1.4m for a house, the professional drawing fee is a small fraction of the value the work adds to SW14's edwardian and inter-war terraces and semis around. Richmond Council charges its own statutory application fee on top (currently £548 for a householder planning application, £610 for a full application). We quote the drawings as one fixed price and the free site survey covers every SW14 address.
For a SW14 project across Mortlake, East Sheen, Sheen, North Sheen fringe, expect roughly 3–4 weeks from instruction to submission: week 1 the measured survey, weeks 2–3 the drawings and your revisions, then validation and the statutory determination by Richmond Council (8 weeks for a householder application). We carry the Mortlake application through every officer query to the decision.
Mortlake (SW14) sits primarily in Richmond upon Thames, so applications are decided by Richmond Council. Conservation areas within SW14 include Mortlake / The Green, East Sheen, Sheen Common, where full planning and a Heritage Statement are required. We confirm the planning route for your exact address before quoting.
Almost always. Any structural work behind planning permission drawings in Mortlake — new openings, steel beams, loft floors, foundations — needs Building Regulations approval covering structure (Part A), fire escape (Part B) and insulation (Part L), submitted to Richmond Council Building Control or an approved inspector. On SW14's typically terraced and semi-detached stock, a Party Wall notice to adjoining neighbours is normally required before the steelwork. We coordinate both as part of the Complete package.
In value terms, yes. The bigger risk is an unapproved or non-compliant scheme — which is why council-ready drawings and a clean Building Control sign-off matter on SW14 homes.
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Every SW14 postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a planning drawing set there. SW14 fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not planning drawing set estimates.
| Postcode | Area | Dominant stock | What it means for a planning drawing set |
|---|---|---|---|
| SW14 | Mortlake / East Sheen | Edwardian villas, 1930s semi-detached | SW14 covers Mortlake / East Sheen only; Richmond Council handles the planning drawing set. |
| SW14 | East Sheen | Edwardian villas, 1930s semi-detached | East Sheen sits inside SW14; planning drawing set proposals here are determined by Richmond Council. |
| SW14 | Mortlake | Victorian and Edwardian terraces | Mortlake sits inside SW14; planning drawing set proposals here are determined by Richmond Council. |
| SW13 | Barnes | Georgian villas, Edwardian terraces | Adjoining district to SW14, also inside Richmond upon Thames for planning drawing set purposes. |
| TW1 | Twickenham | Georgian fragments, Victorian terraces, Edwardian villas | Adjoining district to SW14, also inside Richmond upon Thames for planning drawing set purposes. |
| TW2 | Twickenham / Whitton | Georgian fragments, Victorian terraces, Edwardian villas | Adjoining district to SW14, also inside Richmond upon Thames for planning drawing set purposes. |
Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few SW14 streets, and each one changes what a planning drawing set can achieve at that address.
How designation changes a SW14 (Mortlake / East Sheen) planning drawing set: Richmond Council maintains 72 conservation areas, including Hampton Wick, Twickenham Riverside, Barnes Village. Inside any of them a SW14 (Mortlake / East Sheen) planning drawing set 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. Kew Green sets the tone for SW14 (Mortlake / East Sheen) casework.
SW14 (Mortlake / East Sheen) permitted development status: there is no borough-wide direction from Richmond Council, so a planning drawing set at a SW14 address is normally still permitted development. We certify that with a £274 Lawful Development Certificate rather than leaving a SW14 (Mortlake / East Sheen) sale to argue it later.
The building fabric around SW14 (Mortlake / East Sheen): Georgian in Richmond Green and Twickenham; Edwardian villas in Barnes and East Sheen; 1930s semi-detached in Whitton; riverside cottages along the Thames. Highest conservation area coverage in London; Royal Parks and Thames corridor add heritage layers; design quality heavily scrutinised. A planning drawing set in SW14 (Mortlake / East Sheen) 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 Richmond Council.
Sources for this SW14 planning drawing set 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.
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