Planning Drawings · SW15 Putney
Wandsworth controls the West Putney and Embankment conservation areas; the hillside terraces and inter-war semis are a strong extension market.
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Planning drawings for Putney start by establishing whether your scheme is Permitted Development, needs a Lawful Development Certificate, or full planning from Wandsworth Council. On SW15's victorian and edwardian terraces near putney centre, the recurring questions are roof additions, rear and side-return extensions, and alterations within Putney Embankment, West Putney, Dover House Estate. We draw existing and proposed plans, elevations and a site location plan to the council's validation checklist for Putney, West Putney, Roehampton, Putney Heath.
Across Putney, West Putney, Roehampton, Putney Heath in SW15, the dominant property is victorian and edwardian terraces near putney centre, inter-war semis up the hill, and large houses and post-war estates around roehampton. 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 Wandsworth Council judges each on design quality and neighbour impact. We survey the specific Putney property, confirm the planning route — Permitted Development, a Lawful Development Certificate, or full planning — and draw a council-ready set tailored to the SW15 streetscape.
Housing stock in SW15: Victorian and Edwardian terraces near Putney centre, inter-war semis up the hill, and large houses and post-war estates around Roehampton.
Within the district: Putney, West Putney, Roehampton, Putney Heath.
Streets we know in SW15: the West Putney roads (Howards Lane, Carlton Drive), Putney Hill and the Dover House Estate. Each road has its own building line, boundary treatment and precedent that Wandsworth Council weighs when assessing a planning permission drawings scheme.
Conservation areas: Putney Embankment, West Putney, Dover House Estate. Inside these, most external work needs full planning and a Heritage Statement.
Getting around SW15: East Putney on the District line and Putney rail to Waterloo, plus the riverbus.
Property values: around £550,000 for a flat and £1.1m-£1.7m for a house — a useful gauge of the build value an extension or loft adds in SW15.
Borough character: Family-oriented, high side-return extension and loft conversion rates; planning department experienced with Victorian terrace modifications.
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 Wandsworth 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 Victorian and Edwardian terraces and inter-war semis around Howards Lane and Carlton Drive suit side-return, rear and double-storey extensions plus loft conversions, much of it within Permitted Development outside the conservation areas. We confirm the route and draw to Wandsworth's validation checklist.
Yes. The Putney Embankment conservation area and the Thames frontage carry both conservation control and flood-risk requirements, so riverside changes need full planning and a flood-risk assessment. We design within those constraints and produce the survey and heritage drawings required for SW15 riverside addresses.
Usually yes on the terraces and semis — a hip-to-gable plus rear dormer within the volume allowance, confirmed by a Lawful Development Certificate, provided you're not in the West Putney or Embankment conservation areas. We check the constraints for your road and draw it for Building Control.
The Dover House (Putney Garden) Estate is a designated conservation area of cottage-style housing with strong character controls, so extensions there are assessed tightly on form and materials. We design sympathetically and submit a full application with a Heritage Statement where required.
With Putney property at around £550,000 for a flat and £1.1m-£1.7m for a house, the professional drawing fee is a small fraction of the value the work adds to SW15's victorian and edwardian terraces near putney centre. Wandsworth 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 SW15 address.
For a SW15 project across Putney, West Putney, Roehampton, Putney Heath, 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 Wandsworth Council (8 weeks for a householder application). We carry the Putney application through every officer query to the decision.
Putney (SW15) sits primarily in Wandsworth, so applications are decided by Wandsworth Council. Conservation areas within SW15 include Putney Embankment, West Putney, Dover House Estate, 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 Putney — 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 Wandsworth Council Building Control or an approved inspector. On SW15'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. With Putney (SW15) property at around £550, 000 for a flat and £1.1m-£1.7m for a house, a well-designed extension or loft typically returns more than it costs in added floor area and sale value. 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 SW15 homes.
Working across a borough boundary, or unsure which council will decide your application? Every service we offer is listed for SW4, SW11, SW12, SW16, SW17, SW18 and SW19.
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Every SW15 postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a planning drawing set there. SW15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SW15 | Putney / Roehampton | Edwardian terraces, Victorian villas, mansion blocks | SW15 covers Putney / Roehampton only; Wandsworth Council handles the planning drawing set. |
| SW15 | Putney | Edwardian terraces, Victorian villas, mansion blocks | Putney sits inside SW15; planning drawing set proposals here are determined by Wandsworth Council. |
| SW15 | Roehampton | Post-war estates, Georgian villas | Roehampton sits inside SW15; planning drawing set proposals here are determined by Wandsworth Council. |
| SW11 | Battersea / Clapham Junction | Victorian terraces, mansion blocks | Adjoining district to SW15, also inside Wandsworth for planning drawing set purposes. |
| SW12 | Balham | Victorian and Edwardian terraces | Adjoining district to SW15, also inside Wandsworth for planning drawing set purposes. |
| SW17 | Tooting / Earlsfield | Edwardian terraces | Adjoining district to SW15, also inside Wandsworth for planning drawing set purposes. |
Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few SW15 streets, and each one changes what a planning drawing set can achieve at that address.
How designation changes a SW15 (Putney / Roehampton) planning drawing set: Wandsworth Council maintains 45 conservation areas, including Nightingale Triangle, Wandsworth Common, Clapham Common West. Inside any of them a SW15 (Putney / Roehampton) 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. Clapham Common West sets the tone for SW15 (Putney / Roehampton) casework.
Article 4 and your SW15 (Putney / Roehampton) planning drawing set: Article 4 for HMO conversions covering the whole borough. At a SW15 address that matters twice over, because Wandsworth Council applies the direction unevenly across SW15 (Putney / Roehampton) — we read the SW15 (Putney / Roehampton) policies map for the exact SW15 address before quoting planning drawings.
The building fabric around SW15 (Putney / Roehampton): Extensive Victorian terraced streets — the classic London side-return extension opportunity; Edwardian villas around the commons; 1930s semi-detached in Southfields. Family-oriented, high side-return extension and loft conversion rates; planning department experienced with Victorian terrace modifications. A planning drawing set in SW15 (Putney / Roehampton) 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 Wandsworth Council.
Sources for this SW15 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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