House Extension Drawings in Herne Hill |

An Article 4 Direction applies across Lambeth, so check it before assuming Herne Hill permitted development survives. Officers see Herne Hill as Victorian villas around Brockwell Park — design that ignores it struggles. A Herne Hill address in Kennington or Brockwell Park loses part of its permitted development, so we usually take the SE24 scheme to Lambeth Council as a full application from the outset. We plot the Herne Hill site against the designation before quoting.

Before drawing anything for Herne Hill, we check Article 4 directions against the SE24 boundary. Rear wall, floor levels and the Brockwell Park roofline are the three Herne Hill constraints. The borough policy layer over every SE24 address is set out on Lambeth planning. The Herne Hill survey then carries into architectural drawings in Herne Hill if the project runs on to construction.

An incomplete Herne Hill pack sits in the London Borough of Lambeth validation queue. No Herne Hill 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.

Most Herne Hill householder cases are decided under delegated powers, not committee. The set is checked against the London Borough of Lambeth validation list before it goes in.

Speaking to SE24 neighbours before submission avoids most of it. The Herne Hill existing set is accurate to the millimetre where it matters.

Most Herne Hill terraces share a flank wall, so party wall notices apply. Once consent is granted, planning permission follows for the SE24 property.

Herne Hill is characterised by victorian villas, edwardian terraces, concentrated across SE24 in the Herne Hill area. What the victorian villas in Herne Hill allows is a construction question first and a planning question second, and the survey answers it. On the ground in Herne Hill, 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. We resolve it before the Herne Hill design is fixed. Because the Herne Hill streetscape near Brockwell Park is consistent, departures in ridge height read immediately in an officer report.

Lower-ground schemes in Herne Hill answer to neighbours and groundwater. Where the project also touches building regulations drawings for SE24 properties or loft conversion drawings, the same measured survey of the Herne Hill property carries across — you pay for the survey once, not per application.

What the Herne Hill drawing pack contains

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

Streets and landmarks we survey around Herne Hill

• Tulse Hill — shared flank walls, so Tulse Hill party structure notices go out before work starts.
• Brockwell Park — front-to-back level changes that drive the Brockwell Park section drawings.
• Railton Road — gardens deep enough for the 8 weeks householder route on a Railton Road plot.
• Denmark Hill — gardens deep enough for the 8 weeks householder route on a Denmark Hill plot.
• Brockwell Park — it anchors the Herne Hill streetscape argument in an officer report.
• Huntington Library — height and massing nearby are argued against this frontage.

Getting to a Herne Hill survey

Surveyors travel to SE24 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are Herne Hill, Herne Hill station, Blackfriars station, Farringdon station. Appointments are booked in Herne Hill on weekdays and Saturdays, and the measured survey of a standard victorian villas takes two to three hours.

Where Herne Hill sits

on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ325745, inside the Dulwich and West Norwood parliamentary constituency. A SE24 submission is checked against exactly that location before Lambeth Council will register it. Source.

Practical detail for a Herne Hill submission: the nearest stations are Herne Hill and Herne Hill station and Blackfriars station and Farringdon station; LONDON is the post town on Herne Hill addresses; dialling code 020. Site plans are drawn to the address as Lambeth Council holds it.

Herne Hill postcode coverage

SE24 (Herne Hill), which Herne Hill holds on its own — all within our Herne Hill survey radius.

Streets and stations in Herne Hill

Recent Herne Hill jobs sit on Tulse Hill, Brockwell Park, Railton Road and Denmark Hill. most Herne Hill sites are within walking distance of Herne Hill or Herne Hill station or Blackfriars station.

Areas we cover around Herne Hill

The surrounding patch — West Norwood (SE27), Tulse Hill (SE27, SW2), Waterloo (SE1), Bermondsey (SE1, SE16), Borough (SE1), Camberwell (SE5) — is drawn by the same team, though each street answers to its own designation.

Price differences between Herne Hill projects come from the fabric — the victorian villas, level changes, and any Kennington heritage requirement.

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 Lambeth collects the statutory fee when the Herne Hill application is submitted. London planning approval-rate dataset · Lambeth planning · house extension drawings across London · house extension drawings in West Norwood.

Drawings for Herne Hill are issued under MCIAT charter, which is the technical design and construction-detailing qualification rather than an RIBA registration. If your Herne Hill site is tight — Brockwell Park in the setting, a Kennington designation, a shared flank wall — we test it with Lambeth Council first rather than submit and hope.

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.

Start with the free Herne Hill survey — nothing is committed until you have the fee. This Herne Hill page was reviewed in August 2026.