Planning Drawings · SW16 Streatham
SW16 spans Lambeth and Croydon; Lambeth controls the Telford Park and Leigham Court conservation areas around Streatham.
This page covers one part of the borough. For the full picture — fees, timelines and the council's current position — read planning drawings in Lambeth.
Planning drawings for Streatham start by establishing whether your scheme is Permitted Development, needs a Lawful Development Certificate, or full planning from Lambeth Council. On SW16's victorian and edwardian terraces and bay-fronted semis, the recurring questions are roof additions, rear and side-return extensions, and alterations within Telford Park, Streatham Lodge, Leigham Court. We draw existing and proposed plans, elevations and a site location plan to the council's validation checklist for Streatham, Norbury, Streatham Hill, Furzedown.
Across Streatham, Norbury, Streatham Hill, Furzedown in SW16, the dominant property is victorian and edwardian terraces and bay-fronted semis, with mansion blocks and larger villas around streatham and norbury. 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 Lambeth Council judges each on design quality and neighbour impact. We survey the specific Streatham property, confirm the planning route — Permitted Development, a Lawful Development Certificate, or full planning — and draw a council-ready set tailored to the SW16 streetscape.
Housing stock in SW16: Victorian and Edwardian terraces and bay-fronted semis, with mansion blocks and larger villas around Streatham and Norbury.
Within the district: Streatham, Norbury, Streatham Hill, Furzedown.
Streets we know in SW16: the Streatham Hill and Telford Park roads, Mount Ephraim Lane and the Furzedown streets. Each road has its own building line, boundary treatment and precedent that Lambeth Council weighs when assessing a planning permission drawings scheme.
Conservation areas: Telford Park, Streatham Lodge, Leigham Court. Inside these, most external work needs full planning and a Heritage Statement.
Getting around SW16: Streatham, Streatham Hill and Streatham Common rail to Victoria and London Bridge.
Regeneration: Streatham falls within or beside the Streatham town centre regeneration, which shapes local planning policy and design expectations.
Property values: Two-thirds of SW16's sales are Lambeth sales; the remainder are recorded in Wandsworth, Merton or Croydon. Taking the district as one unit, HM Land Registry logged 978 transfers during 2025 with a middle value of £467,500 and a lower quartile of £362,000. Contains HM Land Registry data (c) Crown copyright and database right 2026
Borough character: Mix of dense Victorian residential and post-war estate; strong conservation area coverage; generally design-led planning decisions.
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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 Lambeth 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 bay-fronted semis around Telford Park and Furzedown suit side-return and rear extensions plus loft conversions, much of it within Permitted Development outside the conservation areas, confirmed with a Lawful Development Certificate. We confirm the route and draw to Lambeth's checklist.
SW16 straddles the boundary — Streatham and Streatham Hill sit in Lambeth, while Norbury falls into Croydon. The two councils apply different conservation and householder controls, so we confirm your exact authority before quoting and submit accordingly.
Usually yes — a hip-to-gable plus rear dormer on the semis, within the volume allowance and confirmed by a Lawful Development Certificate, provided you're not in the Telford Park or Leigham Court conservation areas. We check the constraints for your road and draw it for Building Control.
With SW16 houses around £700,000-£1m and Streatham's town-centre regeneration improving the area, a well-designed rear extension or loft adds family space worth comfortably above the build and drawing cost.
Lambeth Council charges its own statutory application fee (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 SW16 address.
For a SW16 project across Streatham, Norbury, Streatham Hill, Furzedown, 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 Lambeth Council (8 weeks for a householder application). We carry the Streatham application through every officer query to the decision.
Streatham (SW16) sits primarily in Lambeth, so applications are decided by Lambeth Council. Conservation areas within SW16 include Telford Park, Streatham Lodge, Leigham Court, 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 Streatham — 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 Lambeth Council Building Control or an approved inspector. On SW16'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 SW16 homes.
Neighbouring authorities set their own policies, and the boundary rarely matches the postcode. Full service listings for SE5, SE19, SE21, SE24, SE27, SW2, SW4 and SW9.
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Every SW16 postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a planning drawing set there. SW16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SW16 | Streatham / Norbury | Edwardian terraces, post-war flats | Streatham / Norbury is split at SW16. Either Lambeth Council or Wandsworth Council or Merton Council or Croydon Council can determine a planning drawing set here, so the SW16 address is checked against both policies maps first. |
| SW16 | Streatham | Edwardian terraces, post-war flats | Streatham sits inside SW16; planning drawing set proposals here are determined by Lambeth Council. |
| SE11 | Kennington / Vauxhall | Georgian terraces, post-war estates | Adjoining district to SW16, also inside Lambeth for planning drawing set purposes. |
| SE24 | Herne Hill | Victorian villas, Edwardian terraces | Adjoining district to SW16, also inside Lambeth for planning drawing set purposes. |
| SE27 | West Norwood / Tulse Hill | Victorian terraces, Edwardian villas | Adjoining district to SW16, also inside Lambeth for planning drawing set purposes. |
| SW2 | Brixton Hill / Tulse Hill | Victorian terraces, post-war estates | Adjoining district to SW16, also inside Lambeth for planning drawing set purposes. |
| SW11 | Battersea / Clapham Junction | Victorian terraces, mansion blocks | Adjoining district to SW16, also inside Wandsworth for planning drawing set purposes. |
| SW12 | Balham | Victorian and Edwardian terraces | Adjoining district to SW16, also inside Wandsworth for planning drawing set purposes. |
| SW15 | Putney / Roehampton | Edwardian terraces, Victorian villas, mansion blocks | Adjoining district to SW16, also inside Wandsworth for planning drawing set purposes. |
| SW17 | Tooting / Earlsfield | Edwardian terraces | Adjoining district to SW16, also inside Wandsworth for planning drawing set purposes. |
Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few SW16 streets, and each one changes what a planning drawing set can achieve at that address.
SW16 (Streatham / Norbury) conservation designations: there are 64 across Lambeth Council, Herne Hill, Brixton Road, Kennington among them. Designation costs a SW16 (Streatham / Norbury) owner the permitted-development route: a planning drawing set then needs a £548 householder application over 8 weeks, in place of the £249 prior approval route that takes 6 weeks. Kennington is the SW16 (Streatham / Norbury) designation that most often changes a planning drawing set design.
What Article 4 removes near SW16 (Streatham / Norbury): Borough-wide Article 4 for HMO conversions; plus office-to-residential restrictions. Before pricing a planning drawing set we check whether the SW16 address is inside the mapped area, because Lambeth Council draws the SW16 (Streatham / Norbury) boundary street by street rather than across the whole of SW16 (Streatham / Norbury).
SW16 (Streatham / Norbury) housing stock: Victorian terraces in Clapham, Brixton, Herne Hill; Edwardian villas; 1930s and post-war estates in parts of Streatham; Georgian in Kennington. Mix of dense Victorian residential and post-war estate; strong conservation area coverage; generally design-led planning decisions. Read that before choosing a planning drawing set route in SW16 (Streatham / Norbury) — construction, not postcode, sets what is achievable. Lambeth Council charges £548 for a householder application and has 8 weeks to determine it.
SW16 (Streatham / Norbury) conservation designations: there are 45 across Wandsworth Council, Wandsworth Common, Clapham Common West, Tonsley among them. Designation costs a SW16 (Streatham / Norbury) owner the permitted-development route: a planning drawing set then needs a £548 householder application over 8 weeks, in place of the £249 prior approval route that takes 6 weeks. Nightingale Triangle is the SW16 (Streatham / Norbury) designation that most often changes a planning drawing set design.
What Article 4 removes near SW16 (Streatham / Norbury): Article 4 for HMO conversions covering the whole borough. Before pricing a planning drawing set we check whether the SW16 address is inside the mapped area, because Wandsworth Council draws the SW16 (Streatham / Norbury) boundary street by street rather than across the whole of SW16 (Streatham / Norbury).
SW16 (Streatham / Norbury) housing stock: 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. Read that before choosing a planning drawing set route in SW16 (Streatham / Norbury) — construction, not postcode, sets what is achievable. Wandsworth Council charges £548 for a householder application and has 8 weeks to determine it.
Sources for this SW16 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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