House Extension Drawings in Kennington |

An Article 4 Direction applies across Lambeth, so check it before assuming Kennington permitted development survives. The prevailing character of Kennington — Georgian terraces, Regency squares — sets what Lambeth Council will accept near Kennington Park and what it will resist. Where a Kennington property sits inside Clapham Common or Herne Hill — two of Lambeth's 64 designations — permitted development narrows and a full Lambeth Council submission is usually quicker. The Kennington boundary position decides how much can be done under permitted development.

How Article 4 directions apply to your Kennington street is settled at survey stage, not after submission. On Kennington stock the constraint is physical before it is planning: the georgian terraces fixes the rear wall line and the Kennington Park roofline caps the ridge. The borough policy layer over every SE11 address is set out on Lambeth planning. The Kennington survey then carries into loft conversion drawings in Kennington if the project runs on to construction.

Allow one to two weeks of London Borough of Lambeth validation on any SE11 application. The first visit to Kennington is a measured survey — every room, every opening, every level change recorded on site.

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 Kennington householder cases are decided under delegated powers, not committee. Nothing leaves for a Kennington address until it matches the local validation checklist.

The Kennington consultation period is where a weak scheme is exposed. We measure the SE11 property room by room, including ceiling heights and floor falls.

Shared walls are the norm in Kennington; the notice period is not optional. Once consent is granted, architectural drawings follows for the SE11 property.

Kennington is characterised by georgian terraces, post-war estates, concentrated across SE11 in the Kennington / Vauxhall area. SE11 construction is georgian terraces-led, and the survey establishes what it carries. For Kennington owners this matters because georgian rear elevations here are usually the listed or locally listed face of the building, so a glazed link and a lightweight rear addition tend to fare better than a full-width box. For a Kennington owner it decides the structural spec. Lambeth Council judges massing against the established Kennington rhythm — the eaves and ridge lines running past Kennington Park.

Subterranean SE11 work needs a structural case as much as a planning one. The Kennington measured survey is reused across planning permission for SE11 properties and building regulations drawings, so the cost lands once.

What the Kennington drawing pack contains

For a SE11 address the deliverables are fixed, not open-ended.

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

Streets and landmarks we survey around Kennington

• St Agnes Place — gardens deep enough for the 8 weeks householder route on a St Agnes Place plot.
• Kennington Park — roof profiles that set the ridge datum Lambeth Council measures a Kennington Park dormer against.
• Kennington Road — closet wings that change how a rear extension meets the Kennington Road back addition.
• Cleaver Square — closet wings that change how a rear extension meets the Cleaver Square back addition.
• Kennington Park Road — shared flank walls, so Kennington Park Road party structure notices go out before work starts.
• Walcot Square — closet wings that change how a rear extension meets the Walcot Square back addition.
• St Mary's Gardens — front-to-back level changes that drive the St Mary's Gardens section drawings.
• George Edmund Street — closet wings that change how a rear extension meets the George Edmund Street back addition.
• Kennington Park — proposals in its setting are drawn with the Kennington context elevation.
• London Bridge — Lambeth Council weighs SE11 sightlines to it in the character assessment.
• Southwark Bridge — nearby georgian terraces takes its scale from this frontage.
• Westminster Bridge — it anchors the Kennington streetscape argument in an officer report.
• Kennington Common — Lambeth Council weighs SE11 sightlines to it in the character assessment.

Getting to a Kennington survey

Surveyors travel to SE11 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are Kennington station, Oval, File:Kennington Underground Station.jpg, Kennington. Appointments are booked in Kennington on weekdays and Saturdays, and the measured survey of a standard georgian terraces takes two to three hours.

Where Kennington sits

Kennington lies 1.4 miles (2.3 km) south of Charing Cross, on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ305775, inside the Vauxhall and Camberwell Green parliamentary constituency. Every Kennington application opens with a location plan tied to that grid square; get it wrong and Lambeth Council returns the submission unvalidated. Source.

Practical detail for a Kennington submission: the closest stations to a SE11 site are Kennington station and Oval and File:Kennington Underground Station.jpg and Kennington; post town LONDON; dialling code 020. Site plans are drawn to the address as Lambeth Council holds it.

Kennington postcode coverage

From SE11 (Kennington / Vauxhall), shared with Vauxhall, the Kennington process is the same but the constraints are not.

Streets and stations in Kennington

Kennington addresses we have drawn run to St Agnes Place, Kennington Park, Kennington Road, Cleaver Square, Kennington Park Road, Walcot Square, St Mary's Gardens and George Edmund Street. most Kennington sites are within walking distance of Kennington station or Oval or File:Kennington Underground Station.jpg.

Areas we cover around Kennington

Kennington sits in a patch that also takes in Maida Vale (W9), Clapham (SW4), Brixton (SW2, SW9), Herne Hill (SE24), Streatham (SW16), Stockwell (SW9), and we work all of it as far as the Westminster boundary.

The figure is agreed before the survey and does not move. Price differences between Kennington projects come from the fabric — the georgian terraces, level changes, and any Clapham Common 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 Kennington application is submitted. London planning approval-rate dataset · Lambeth planning · House Extension Drawings London-wide · house extension drawings in Maida Vale.

An MCIAT chartered technologist takes the Kennington project from survey to decision. Where a Kennington case is borderline — a corner plot near Kennington Park, a Clapham Common frontage, a flank wall hard onto a SE11 neighbour — we buy pre-application advice from Lambeth Council rather than gamble the statutory 8 weeks.

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.

Tell us the SE11 address and what you want to build; the rest we handle. This Kennington page was reviewed in August 2026.