House Extension Drawings in Erith |

No Article 4 Direction covers Bexley, which keeps the Erith permitted-development route open on unlisted houses. Erith is Victorian terraces, post-war estates; near Erith Riverside that context does most of the work in an officer report. Bexley carries 16 conservation areas; if the DA8 address falls in Old Bexley or Crayford, expect the permitted-development route to close and a full Bexley Council application to be the faster answer. Every Erith enquiry starts with that check.

Every DA8 job starts with checking Article 4 directions street by street. A Erith survey establishes the victorian terraces dimensions that decide the scheme — original rear wall, floor levels, and ridge height against Erith Riverside. The borough policy layer over every DA8 address is set out on Bexley planning. The Erith survey then carries into building regulations drawings in Erith if the project runs on to construction.

Most Erith delay happens before the clock starts: London Borough of Bexley takes one to two weeks to validate, and an incomplete pack goes to the back of the queue. No Erith design work starts until the measured survey is complete.

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.

Officer queries on a Erith application come to us, not to you. We format the Erith set exactly as Bexley Council wants to receive it.

We would rather redesign a DA8 rear elevation than argue an objection. Existing structure in the victorian terraces is identified at survey, not guessed later.

Budget notice time on any Erith job touching a shared wall. Once consent is granted, loft conversion drawings follows for the DA8 property.

Erith is characterised by victorian terraces, post-war estates, concentrated across DA8 in the Erith area. The victorian terraces that dominates Erith behaves differently from the borough average, and the drawings follow the building rather than a house type. In practice on a Erith job, the side-return infill is the classic move on these Victorian terraces — 3 m of permitted development depth plus the width of the original side passage. It is why the Erith existing set is measured, not traced. Because the Erith streetscape near Erith Riverside is consistent, departures in ridge height read immediately in an officer report.

A DA8 dig turns on engineering more than on policy. A Erith survey done once feeds architectural drawings for DA8 properties and planning permission later.

What the Erith drawing pack contains

What we hand over for a Erith property:

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

Streets and landmarks we survey around Erith

• Shooters Hill — roof profiles that set the ridge datum Bexley Council measures a Shooters Hill dormer against.
• London Cannon Street — shared flank walls, so London Cannon Street party structure notices go out before work starts.
• Park View Road — side returns where the 45-degree amenity test decides how far a Park View Road extension goes.
• Slade Green — frontages visible from the highway, so Old Bexley materials detail governs the Slade Green elevation.
• Erith Riverside — schemes in view of it attract closer officer scrutiny.
• West Heath — nearby victorian terraces takes its scale from this frontage.
• Woolwich Common — sightlines from here are part of the Bexley Council character assessment.
• Lessness Heath — schemes in view of it attract closer officer scrutiny.
• Northumberland Heath — sightlines from here are part of the Bexley Council character assessment.

Getting to a Erith survey

Surveyors travel to DA8 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are Erith, File:Erith station building.JPG, North Greenwich station, Dartford. Appointments are booked in Erith on weekdays and Saturdays, and the measured survey of a standard victorian terraces takes two to three hours.

Where Erith sits

Erith lies 13.3 miles (21.4 km) east of Charing Cross, on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ505775, with the River Thames shaping drainage and flood-risk questions on lower-lying DA8 plots, inside the Erith and Thamesmead parliamentary constituency. We draw the Erith location and block plans from that reference, which is what Bexley Council validates against. Source.

Practical detail for a Erith submission: Erith and File:Erith station building.JPG and North Greenwich station and Dartford cover the DA8 area; the Erith post town is ERITH; dialling code 01322. Site plans are drawn to the address as Bexley Council holds it.

Erith postcode coverage

Our Erith coverage takes in DA8 (Erith), which Erith holds on its own.

Streets and stations in Erith

In Erith that is Shooters Hill, London Cannon Street, Park View Road and Slade Green and the roads off them. most Erith sites are within walking distance of Erith or File:Erith station building.JPG or North Greenwich station.

Areas we cover around Erith

Work spreads across Charlton (SE7), Woolwich (SE18), Eltham (SE9), Blackheath (Greenwich) (SE3), Thamesmead (SE28), Kidbrooke (SE3) as well as Erith itself.

Two Erith jobs differ in price because of the victorian terraces and the Old Bexley designation, never because of hours booked.

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.

That fee is collected by London Borough of Bexley when the DA8 application is lodged. London planning approval-rate dataset · Bexley planning · the London house extension drawings pillar page · house extension drawings in Charlton.

Your Erith drawings are produced under professional charter, not subcontracted out and rubber-stamped. Borderline Erith sites (anything overlooking Erith Riverside, anything with a Old Bexley frontage) go to Bexley Council for pre-application advice before we submit.

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.

Send us the Erith address and we will confirm the route before you commit. This Erith page was reviewed in August 2026.