Architectural drawings in SW18

Which SW18 postcodes does this drawing package service cover?

Every SW18 postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a drawing package there. SW18 fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not drawing package estimates.

Which SW18 neighbourhoods suit a drawing package best?

Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few SW18 streets, and each one changes what a drawing package can achieve at that address.

• Inside SW18: Wandsworth Common (SW17, SW18) — drawing package work in Wandsworth Common means victorian villas and terraces. Wandsworth Common is Victorian villas around the common. Wandsworth Council decides the Wandsworth Common application, and Wandsworth Common anchors the Wandsworth Common location plan.
• Inside SW18: Earlsfield (SW18) — Victorian terraced streets defines Earlsfield, where victorian terraces set what a drawing package can do. Any Earlsfield drawing package is validated by Wandsworth Council, with Earlsfield station the usual Earlsfield reference point on the site plan.
• Inside SW18: Southfields (SW18) — a drawing package in Southfields starts from 1930s semi-detached, edwardian terraces, and Southfields reads as 1930s semi-detached, grid plan. in SW18. Wandsworth Council assesses Southfields architectural drawings against its own Southfields character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Southfields references Southfields station.
• Inside SW18: Tonsleys (SW18) — Victorian conservation area defines Tonsleys, where victorian terraces set what a drawing package can do. Any Tonsleys drawing package is validated by Wandsworth Council, with Tonsley Hill the usual Tonsleys reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering SW18: Clapham Junction (SW11) — a drawing package in Clapham Junction starts from victorian terraces, mansion blocks, and Clapham Junction reads as Victorian terraces, transport hub. in SW11. Wandsworth Council assesses Clapham Junction architectural drawings against its own Clapham Junction character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Clapham Junction references Clapham Junction station.
• Bordering SW18: Battersea (SW8, SW11) — a drawing package in Battersea starts from victorian terraces, new-build apartments, and Battersea reads as Victorian terraces, riverside regen at Power Station. in SW8. Wandsworth Council assesses Battersea architectural drawings against its own Battersea character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Battersea references Battersea Power Station.
• Bordering SW18: Balham (SW12) — drawing package work in Balham means victorian and edwardian terraces. Balham is Victorian and Edwardian terraces. Wandsworth Council decides the Balham application, and Balham High Road anchors the Balham location plan.
• Bordering SW18: Tooting (SW17) — a drawing package in Tooting starts from edwardian terraces, and Tooting reads as Edwardian terraces, vibrant high street. in SW17. Wandsworth Council assesses Tooting architectural drawings against its own Tooting character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Tooting references Tooting Market.
• Bordering SW18: Putney (SW15) — Edwardian terraces, riverside defines Putney, where edwardian terraces, victorian villas, mansion blocks set what a drawing package can do. Any Putney drawing package is validated by Wandsworth Council, with Putney Bridge the usual Putney reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering SW18: Nightingale Triangle (SW12) — drawing package work in Nightingale Triangle means edwardian terraces and villas. Nightingale Triangle is Edwardian conservation area. Wandsworth Council decides the Nightingale Triangle application, and Nightingale Lane anchors the Nightingale Triangle location plan.

Does SW18 planning policy restrict a drawing package?

SW18 (Wandsworth / Earlsfield / Southfields) conservation designations: there are 45 across Wandsworth Council, Nightingale Triangle, Wandsworth Common, Clapham Common West among them. Designation costs a SW18 (Wandsworth / Earlsfield / Southfields) 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. Tonsley is the SW18 (Wandsworth / Earlsfield / Southfields) designation that most often changes a drawing package design.

Article 4 and your SW18 (Wandsworth / Earlsfield / Southfields) drawing package: Article 4 for HMO conversions covering the whole borough. At a SW18 address that matters twice over, because Wandsworth Council applies the direction unevenly across SW18 (Wandsworth / Earlsfield / Southfields) — we read the SW18 (Wandsworth / Earlsfield / Southfields) policies map for the exact SW18 address before quoting architectural drawings.

The building fabric around SW18 (Wandsworth / Earlsfield / Southfields): 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 drawing package in SW18 (Wandsworth / Earlsfield / Southfields) 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.

What happens if a SW18 property sits on a boundary?

• Richmond upon Thames — adjoining SW18 (Wandsworth / Earlsfield / Southfields), with 72 conservation areas centred on SW13. A drawing package on the far side of the SW18 (Wandsworth / Earlsfield / Southfields) line is determined by Richmond Council, so the SW18 (Wandsworth / Earlsfield / Southfields) quote for architectural drawings is checked against Richmond upon Thames guidance before it is issued.
• Hammersmith and Fulham — adjoining SW18 (Wandsworth / Earlsfield / Southfields), with 45 conservation areas centred on W6. A drawing package on the far side of the SW18 (Wandsworth / Earlsfield / Southfields) line is determined by Hammersmith & Fulham Council, so the SW18 (Wandsworth / Earlsfield / Southfields) quote for architectural drawings is checked against Hammersmith and Fulham guidance before it is issued.
• Westminster — the Westminster boundary runs against Wandsworth, so a drawing package a street from SW18 (Wandsworth / Earlsfield / Southfields) is decided by Westminster City Council instead. Westminster runs 56 conservation areas across SW1 and its neighbours, which is why architectural drawings priced for SW18 (Wandsworth / Earlsfield / Southfields) are re-checked against Westminster policy whenever the SW18 (Wandsworth / Earlsfield / Southfields) address sits on that edge.
• Lambeth — adjoining SW18 (Wandsworth / Earlsfield / Southfields), with 64 conservation areas centred on SE1. A drawing package on the far side of the SW18 (Wandsworth / Earlsfield / Southfields) line is determined by Lambeth Council, so the SW18 (Wandsworth / Earlsfield / Southfields) quote for architectural drawings is checked against Lambeth guidance before it is issued.

Sources for this SW18 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.