Building Regulations Drawings in Raynes Park |

No Article 4 Direction covers Merton, which keeps the Raynes Park permitted-development route open on unlisted houses. The prevailing character of Raynes Park — 1930s semi-detached, Edwardian terraces — sets what Merton Council will accept near Raynes Park station and what it will resist. If your Raynes Park address is inside Mitcham Cricket Green, treat permitted development as reduced and plan for a full Merton Council application. We establish it for the SW20 address before any drawing begins.

How Article 4 directions apply to your Raynes Park street is settled at survey stage, not after submission. The 1930s semi-detached in Raynes Park decides the depth before policy does. The borough policy layer over every SW20 address is set out on Merton planning. The Raynes Park survey then carries into planning permission in Raynes Park if the project runs on to construction.

Expect one to two weeks of London Borough of Merton validation on a Raynes Park submission before the statutory period even begins. Step one at a SW20 address is a full measured survey of the existing building.

Statutory periods: 8 weeks from validation for a householder application, 13 weeks for a major scheme, 6 weeks for prior approval with a 21 days neighbour consultation, and 5 weeks for a full plans building control submission. A party structure notice requires one month notice and two months where excavation is involved.

Once Merton Council registers the Raynes Park case, the officer site visit usually follows within a fortnight. The SW20 pack is issued at 1:100 and 1:50 with a 1:1250 location plan.

A SW20 objection about light or overlooking carries more weight than one about taste. Party wall positions on a Raynes Park terrace are located during the survey.

Party wall procedure catches most SW20 owners late; on Raynes Park stock assume it applies and serve in good time. Once consent is granted, loft conversion drawings follows for the SW20 property.

Raynes Park is characterised by 1930s semi-detached, edwardian terraces, concentrated across SW20 in the Raynes Park area. The construction sequence on a Raynes Park job follows the 1930s semi-detached, not a standard detail sheet. The Raynes Park version of that is simple: edwardian houses here are usually early cavity or solid wall, which decides whether insulation goes in the cavity or on the internal face. In SW20 that determines the depth we can draw. Case officers at Merton Council look first at whether a SW20 scheme keeps the eaves and ridge line of the Raynes Park row.

A Raynes Park basement stands on its drainage and party wall evidence. Where the project also touches house extension drawings for SW20 properties or architectural drawings, the same measured survey of the Raynes Park property carries across — you pay for the survey once, not per application.

What the Raynes Park drawing pack contains

Here is what a SW20 instruction actually produces.

• construction floor plans for the Raynes Park property
• sections at 1:50
• Part A structural notes
• Part L thermal build-ups
• Part B fire and escape strategy

Streets and landmarks we survey around Raynes Park

• Pollards Hill — terraced rear elevations — the Pollards Hill party wall position is drawn first.
• Copse Hill — roof profiles that set the ridge datum Merton Council measures a Copse Hill dormer against.
• Motspur Park — gardens deep enough for the 8 weeks householder route on a Motspur Park plot.
• Worcester Park — front-to-back level changes that drive the Worcester Park section drawings.
• Merton Park — frontages visible from the highway, so Mitcham Cricket Green materials detail governs the Merton Park elevation.
• Clapham Park — gardens deep enough for the 8 weeks householder route on a Clapham Park plot.
• Raynes Park station — nearby 1930s semi-detached takes its scale from this frontage.
• Kingston Hospital — Merton Council weighs SW20 sightlines to it in the character assessment.
• Raynes Park High School — nearby 1930s semi-detached takes its scale from this frontage.
• Wimbledon Common — the surrounding 1930s semi-detached takes its scale from it.
• Cannon Hill Common — sightlines from here are part of the Merton Council character assessment.

Getting to a Raynes Park survey

Surveyors travel to SW20 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are Raynes Park, Epsom, Dorking, London Waterloo. Appointments are booked in Raynes Park on weekdays and Saturdays, and the measured survey of a standard 1930s semi-detached takes two to three hours.

Where Raynes Park sits

Raynes Park lies 7.8 miles (12.5 km) southwest of Charing Cross, on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ235685. Merton Council checks the Raynes Park location plan against that reference before registering it. Source.

Practical detail for a Raynes Park submission: residents use Raynes Park and Epsom and Dorking and London Waterloo; post town LONDON; dialling code 020. Site plans are drawn to the address as Merton Council holds it.

Raynes Park postcode coverage

Across SW20 (Raynes Park), shared with Wimbledon the survey is the same; the Merton policy overlay is not, and Merton Council validates on the address.

Streets and stations in Raynes Park

Around Raynes Park that means Pollards Hill, Copse Hill, Motspur Park, Worcester Park, Merton Park and Clapham Park. most Raynes Park sites are within walking distance of Raynes Park or Epsom or Dorking.

Areas we cover around Raynes Park

Vauxhall (SE11, SW8), West Norwood (SE27), Tulse Hill (SE27, SW2), Waterloo (SE1), Croydon (CR0), Crystal Palace (SE19) are all within the same Merton policy area as Raynes Park.

You know the number before the surveyor is booked. The fee follows the building. On Raynes Park stock that means party walls, levels, and the Mitcham Cricket Green heritage question.

Statutory application fees are set by regulation, not by the council: £548 householder, £610 for a new dwelling, £274 for a lawful development certificate, £249 for prior approval.

We do not mark up the London Borough of Merton fee — it is paid at submission. London planning approval-rate dataset · Merton planning · Building Regulations Drawings London-wide · building regulations drawings in Vauxhall.

We are architectural technologists, MCIAT chartered, and every Raynes Park set carries that accountability. On a marginal Raynes Park plot we would rather spend on Merton Council pre-application advice than lose 8 weeks to a refusal on a SW20 address.

Drawings are produced by chartered members of the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (MCIAT), the professional body for technical design and building-regulations competence. First-time approval across our London caseload is 98%. Statutory fees shown are those in force in England in 2026 under the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) Regulations. Confirm your local authority at gov.uk and submission requirements on the Planning Portal. Studio: 71–75 Shelton Street, London WC2H 9JQ.

We survey Raynes Park properties within a few days of instruction. This Raynes Park page was reviewed in August 2026.