Architectural drawings in WC1V

Which postcode districts around WC1V do we cover for drawing package work?

Every WC1V postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a drawing package there. WC1V fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not drawing package estimates.

What changes about a drawing package in each part of WC1V?

Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few WC1V streets, and each one changes what a drawing package can achieve at that address.

• Bordering WC1V: Camden Town (NW1) — drawing package work in Camden Town means victorian terraces, mansion blocks. Camden Town is dense mixed-use, Victorian terraces, canal-side. Camden Council decides the Camden Town application, and Camden Market anchors the Camden Town location plan.
• Bordering WC1V: Hampstead (NW3) — affluent, listed Georgian and Victorian villas defines Hampstead, where georgian and victorian villas, listed buildings set what a drawing package can do. Any Hampstead drawing package is validated by Camden Council, with Hampstead Heath the usual Hampstead reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering WC1V: Primrose Hill (NW1) — boutique village atmosphere, painted terraces defines Primrose Hill, where victorian and edwardian terraces set what a drawing package can do. Any Primrose Hill drawing package is validated by Camden Council, with Primrose Hill park the usual Primrose Hill reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering WC1V: Kentish Town (NW5) — drawing package work in Kentish Town means victorian terraces. Kentish Town is Victorian terraced streets, gentrifying. Camden Council decides the Kentish Town application, and Kentish Town City Farm anchors the Kentish Town location plan.
• Bordering WC1V: Belsize Park (NW3) — a drawing package in Belsize Park starts from edwardian mansion blocks, victorian villas, and Belsize Park reads as tree-lined avenues, Edwardian mansion blocks. in NW3. Camden Council assesses Belsize Park architectural drawings against its own Belsize Park character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Belsize Park references Belsize Park station.
• Bordering WC1V: Bloomsbury (WC1) — Georgian squares, academic defines Bloomsbury, where georgian terraces, listed buildings set what a drawing package can do. Any Bloomsbury drawing package is validated by Camden Council, with British Museum the usual Bloomsbury reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering WC1V: Fitzrovia (W1T) — Georgian and Victorian mix, creative quarter defines Fitzrovia, where georgian terraces, victorian mansion blocks set what a drawing package can do. Any Fitzrovia drawing package is validated by Camden Council, with Fitzroy Square the usual Fitzrovia reference point on the site plan.
• Bordering WC1V: King's Cross (N1C) — a drawing package in King's Cross starts from modern apartments, converted warehouses, and King's Cross reads as regenerated quarter, contemporary new-build. in N1C. Camden Council assesses King's Cross architectural drawings against its own King's Cross character guidance, and the location plan we draw for King's Cross references King's Cross Station.
• Bordering WC1V: Highgate (N6) — drawing package work in Highgate means georgian villas, victorian and edwardian semis. Highgate is village character on the hill, Georgian and Victorian. Camden Council decides the Highgate application, and Highgate Cemetery anchors the Highgate location plan.
• Bordering WC1V: Swiss Cottage (NW3, NW6) — drawing package work in Swiss Cottage means mansion blocks, post-war flats. Swiss Cottage is mansion blocks and post-war flats. Camden Council decides the Swiss Cottage application, and Swiss Cottage Library anchors the Swiss Cottage location plan.

How do conservation areas and Article 4 affect a drawing package in WC1V?

How designation changes a WC1V (Holborn) drawing package: Camden Council maintains 40 conservation areas, including Bloomsbury, Camden Town, Fitzrovia. Inside any of them a WC1V (Holborn) drawing package 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. Bloomsbury sets the tone for WC1V (Holborn) casework.

WC1V (Holborn) and Article 4: Article 4 removes permitted development for HMO conversions (C3 to C4) across the borough, plus restrictions on basement extensions in 12 conservation areas. A drawing package planned at a WC1V address is checked against that direction first; Camden Council publishes the WC1V (Holborn) extent, and the WC1V line rarely follows the WC1V (Holborn) boundary you would expect.

WC1V (Holborn) below-ground policy: Camden's basement policy (Policy A5) restricts single-storey basements to 50% of garden area; double-storey basements generally refused outside commercial zones. Any drawing package in WC1V (Holborn) that goes below existing foundations triggers two months notice under section 6 of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996, and Camden Council will want the WC1V ground and groundwater position set out.

WC1V (Holborn) housing stock: Victorian and Edwardian terraces, Georgian townhouses in Bloomsbury and Hampstead, post-war mansion blocks, modern developments in King's Cross. Creative, affluent in Hampstead and Primrose Hill; dense mixed-use around Camden Town and Kings Cross; academic character in Bloomsbury. Read that before choosing a drawing package route in WC1V (Holborn) — construction, not postcode, sets what is achievable. Camden Council charges £548 for a householder application and has 8 weeks to determine it.

What happens if a WC1V property sits on a boundary?

• Barnet — the Barnet boundary runs against Camden, so a drawing package a street from WC1V (Holborn) is decided by Barnet Council instead. Barnet runs 20 conservation areas across N2 and its neighbours, which is why architectural drawings priced for WC1V (Holborn) are re-checked against Barnet policy whenever the WC1V (Holborn) address sits on that edge.
• Haringey — the Haringey boundary runs against Camden, so a drawing package a street from WC1V (Holborn) is decided by Haringey Council instead. Haringey runs 29 conservation areas across N4 and its neighbours, which is why architectural drawings priced for WC1V (Holborn) are re-checked against Haringey policy whenever the WC1V (Holborn) address sits on that edge.
• Brent — the Brent boundary runs against Camden, so a drawing package a street from WC1V (Holborn) is decided by Brent Council instead. Brent runs 22 conservation areas across NW2 and its neighbours, which is why architectural drawings priced for WC1V (Holborn) are re-checked against Brent policy whenever the WC1V (Holborn) address sits on that edge.
• City of London — cross the WC1V (Holborn) 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 WC1V (Holborn) edge because City of London policy and Camden policy rarely align on drawing package depth.

Sources for this WC1V 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.