House Extension Drawings in Coulsdon |

No Article 4 Direction covers Croydon, which keeps the Coulsdon permitted-development route open on unlisted houses. Coulsdon presents as 1930s semi-detached, Edwardian villas, so massing and materials carry more weight in the Croydon Council assessment than they would on an outer-London plot. Conservation status changes the Coulsdon route entirely — Shirley Park being the usual case among the 24 designations in Croydon. A Coulsdon address on the edge of the boundary is checked, not guessed.

The Coulsdon Article 4 position is established at survey, before design. Rear wall, floor levels and the Coulsdon South roofline are the three Coulsdon constraints. The borough policy layer over every CR5 address is set out on Croydon planning. The Coulsdon survey then carries into loft conversion drawings in Coulsdon if the project runs on to construction.

One to two weeks at London Borough of Croydon before a Coulsdon case reaches an officer. Week one is a laser measured survey at your Coulsdon property; the existing plans are drawn from that survey, never from an estate agent's floorplan.

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 Croydon Council registers the Coulsdon case, the officer site visit usually follows within a fortnight. A Coulsdon pack that misses a scale bar is a pack London Borough of Croydon will reject — ours do not.

London Borough of Croydon weighs material objections only — a Coulsdon neighbour disliking the design is not one. Existing structure in the 1930s semi-detached is identified at survey, not guessed later.

The party wall step is not optional on shared Coulsdon walls, and serving late is what stalls sites. Once consent is granted, architectural drawings follows for the CR5 property.

Coulsdon is characterised by 1930s semi-detached, concentrated across CR5 in the Coulsdon area. CR5 construction is 1930s semi-detached-led, and the survey establishes what it carries. For Coulsdon owners this matters because 1930s semis here have the deepest rear gardens in the area, which is why the 6 m and 8 m larger-home prior approval route gets used so often. On a Coulsdon terrace it governs the rear opening width. Croydon Council judges massing against the established Coulsdon rhythm — the eaves and ridge lines running past Coulsdon South.

No borough-specific basement policy applies in Croydon, so subterranean work at a Coulsdon address is judged on amenity, drainage and structural grounds. We do not re-measure a CR5 property for each stage of the job.

What the Coulsdon drawing pack contains

Contents of the CR5 drawing pack:

• existing and proposed ground-floor plans for the Coulsdon property
• proposed rear elevation
• long section through the extension
• site and block plans
• party wall position drawing

Local landmarks that shape a Coulsdon application

• Hamsey Green — front-to-back level changes that drive the Hamsey Green section drawings.
• Cane Hill — terraced rear elevations — the Cane Hill party wall position is drawn first.
• Happy Valley Park — shared flank walls, so Happy Valley Park party structure notices go out before work starts.
• Coulsdon South — schemes in view of it attract closer officer scrutiny.
• Cane Hill Hospital — proposals in its setting are drawn with the Coulsdon context elevation.
• Riddlesdown Common — Croydon Council weighs CR5 sightlines to it in the character assessment.
• Coptic Orthodox Church — a Coulsdon roof extension is judged against the datum it sets.
• Coulsdon Sixth Form College — it anchors the Coulsdon streetscape argument in an officer report.

Getting to a Coulsdon survey

Surveyors travel to CR5 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are Coulsdon Town. Appointments are booked in Coulsdon on weekdays and Saturdays, and the measured survey of a standard 1930s semi-detached takes two to three hours.

Where Coulsdon sits

on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ3059. Location and block plans for Coulsdon start from that grid square. Source.

Practical detail for a Coulsdon submission: transport for Coulsdon runs through Coulsdon Town; post town COULSDON; dialling code 020. Site plans are drawn to the address as Croydon Council holds it.

Coulsdon postcode coverage

Coulsdon work spans CR5 (Coulsdon), which Coulsdon holds on its own — the designations change with the district line.

Streets and stations in Coulsdon

Work in Coulsdon clusters around Hamsey Green, Cane Hill and Happy Valley Park. most Coulsdon sites are within walking distance of Coulsdon Town.

Areas we cover around Coulsdon

Coulsdon sits in a patch that also takes in Herne Hill (SE24), Kennington (SE11), Streatham (SW16), Stockwell (SW9), Vauxhall (SE11, SW8), West Norwood (SE27), and we work all of it as far as the Merton boundary.

The figure is agreed before the survey and does not move. What changes a Coulsdon fee is the property: 1930s semi-detached construction, shared walls on CR5, and whether heritage input is needed.

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.

London Borough of Croydon collects the statutory fee when the Coulsdon application is submitted. London planning approval-rate dataset · Croydon planning · our London house extension drawings service · house extension drawings in Herne Hill.

MCIAT chartered technologists handle every CR5 submission we make. Not every Coulsdon scheme is clear-cut. Where Shirley Park or the Coulsdon South setting is in play, Croydon Council pre-application advice comes before the CR5 submission.

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.

One visit to the CR5 property is all we need to quote properly. This Coulsdon page was reviewed in August 2026.