Architectural drawings in W2

Which postcode districts around W2 do we cover for drawing package work?

Every W2 postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a drawing package there. W2 fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not drawing package estimates.

How does a drawing package differ street by street across W2?

Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few W2 streets, and each one changes what a drawing package can achieve at that address.

• Inside W2: Bayswater (W2) — drawing package work in Bayswater means victorian stucco terraces. Bayswater is Victorian stucco terraces. Westminster City Council decides the Bayswater application, and Hyde Park anchors the Bayswater location plan.
• Inside W2: Paddington (W2) — Regency and Victorian terraces, canal-side regen defines Paddington, where regency terraces, modern apartments set what a drawing package can do. Any Paddington drawing package is validated by Westminster City Council, with Paddington Basin the usual Paddington reference point on the site plan.
• Inside W2: Westbourne Green (W2, W9) — drawing package work in Westbourne Green means victorian terraces, mansion blocks. Westbourne Green is Victorian terraces and mansion blocks. Westminster City Council decides the Westbourne Green application, and Royal Oak anchors the Westbourne Green location plan.
• Bordering W2: Mayfair (W1J, W1K) — drawing package work in Mayfair means georgian townhouses, listed buildings. Mayfair is Georgian listed townhouses, luxury. Westminster City Council decides the Mayfair application, and Berkeley Square anchors the Mayfair location plan.
• Bordering W2: Belgravia (SW1X, SW1W) — drawing package work in Belgravia means regency stucco terraces, listed buildings. Belgravia is white stucco Regency terraces. Westminster City Council decides the Belgravia application, and Eaton Square anchors the Belgravia location plan.
• Bordering W2: Marylebone (W1U, W1G, W1H) — Georgian and Victorian terraces, mansion blocks defines Marylebone, where georgian terraces, edwardian mansion blocks set what a drawing package can do. Any Marylebone drawing package is validated by Westminster City Council, with Marylebone High Street the usual Marylebone reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering W2: Pimlico (SW1V) — Regency stucco terraces, grid plan defines Pimlico, where regency terraces, post-war estates set what a drawing package can do. Any Pimlico drawing package is validated by Westminster City Council, with Tate Britain the usual Pimlico reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering W2: Soho (W1D, W1F) — a drawing package in Soho starts from georgian terraces, mixed-use, and Soho reads as Georgian fragments, mixed-use. in W1D. Westminster City Council assesses Soho architectural drawings against its own Soho character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Soho references Soho Square.
• Bordering W2: Covent Garden (WC2E, WC2H) — a drawing package in Covent Garden starts from georgian terraces, conversions, and Covent Garden reads as Georgian piazza, listed buildings. in WC2E. Westminster City Council assesses Covent Garden architectural drawings against its own Covent Garden character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Covent Garden references Royal Opera House.
• Bordering W2: St John's Wood (NW8) — a drawing package in St John's Wood starts from victorian villas, mansion blocks, and St John's Wood reads as Victorian villas, mansion blocks. in NW8. Westminster City Council assesses St John's Wood architectural drawings against its own St John's Wood character guidance, and the location plan we draw for St John's Wood references Lord's Cricket Ground.

What local planning policy applies to a drawing package in W2?

W2 (Bayswater / Paddington) conservation designations: there are 56 across Westminster City Council, Belgravia, Marylebone, Pimlico among them. Designation costs a W2 (Bayswater / Paddington) 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. Pimlico is the W2 (Bayswater / Paddington) designation that most often changes a drawing package design.

Article 4 and your W2 (Bayswater / Paddington) drawing package: Multiple Article 4 Directions — office-to-residential restrictions, HMO conversions, retail to residential in shopping zones. At a W2 address that matters twice over, because Westminster City Council applies the direction unevenly across W2 (Bayswater / Paddington) — we read the W2 (Bayswater / Paddington) policies map for the exact W2 address before quoting architectural drawings.

Digging below a W2 (Bayswater / Paddington) property: Westminster basement policy restricts to single-storey, typically under 50% of rear garden footprint; lightwells and rooflights strictly controlled in conservation areas. Where a drawing package in W2 (Bayswater / Paddington) involves excavation that is read beside the Party Wall etc. Act 1996, which needs two months notice for a W2 (Bayswater / Paddington) dig within 3 m of a neighbour, and Westminster City Council expects the W2 ground conditions addressed in the application.

The building fabric around W2 (Bayswater / Paddington): Grand Georgian and Regency terraces in Belgravia and Pimlico; Victorian and Edwardian mansion blocks; heritage-rich townhouses throughout; very high listed building density. Heritage-first planning approach; listed buildings on almost every street; basement and rear extension policies particularly strict. A drawing package in W2 (Bayswater / Paddington) 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 Westminster City Council.

Who decides a drawing package on the edge of W2?

• Kensington and Chelsea — adjoining W2 (Bayswater / Paddington), with 38 conservation areas centred on SW1. A drawing package on the far side of the W2 (Bayswater / Paddington) line is determined by RBKC Planning, so the W2 (Bayswater / Paddington) quote for architectural drawings is checked against Kensington and Chelsea guidance before it is issued.
• Wandsworth — cross the W2 (Bayswater / Paddington) boundary and Wandsworth Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 45 conservation areas of its own around SW8. We re-price architectural drawings at the W2 (Bayswater / Paddington) edge because Wandsworth policy and Westminster policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
• Lambeth — adjoining W2 (Bayswater / Paddington), with 64 conservation areas centred on SE1. A drawing package on the far side of the W2 (Bayswater / Paddington) line is determined by Lambeth Council, so the W2 (Bayswater / Paddington) quote for architectural drawings is checked against Lambeth guidance before it is issued.
• City of London — cross the W2 (Bayswater / Paddington) boundary and City of London Corporation takes the drawing package instead, applying 27 conservation areas of its own around EC1. We re-price architectural drawings at the W2 (Bayswater / Paddington) edge because City of London policy and Westminster policy rarely align on drawing package depth.

Sources for this W2 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.