House Extension Drawings in Wandsworth Common |

An Article 4 Direction applies across Wandsworth, so check it before assuming Wandsworth Common permitted development survives. Wandsworth Common is Victorian villas around the common; near Wandsworth Common that context does most of the work in an officer report. If your Wandsworth Common address is inside Tonsley, treat permitted development as reduced and plan for a full Wandsworth Council application. Every Wandsworth Common enquiry starts with that check.

Before drawing anything for Wandsworth Common, we check Article 4 directions against the SW17 boundary. What the Wandsworth Common building allows is established first; what Wandsworth Council allows, second. The borough policy layer over every SW17, SW18 address is set out on Wandsworth planning. The Wandsworth Common survey then carries into planning permission in Wandsworth Common if the project runs on to construction.

A Wandsworth Common application is not live until London Borough of Wandsworth validates it, which takes one to two weeks on a complete pack. A surveyor measures the Wandsworth Common property before any SW17 design begins.

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.

An officer report on the SW17 case is written after the consultation closes. You get the full Wandsworth Common set as PDFs, plus CAD on request.

Objection volume on Wandsworth Common cases is public — we read it before advising. A Wandsworth Common measured survey captures the roof structure as well as the plan.

Serve SW17 party wall notices before work starts, not after. Once consent is granted, building regulations drawings follows for the SW17 property.

Wandsworth Common is characterised by victorian villas and terraces, concentrated across SW17, SW18 in the Tooting / Earlsfield area. On Wandsworth Common streets the victorian villas and terraces sets the structural sequence — what can be opened up, where the load goes, how deep you can build. In practice on a Wandsworth Common 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. On the victorian villas and terraces in Wandsworth Common it sets the beam run. Ridge and eaves lines along Wandsworth Common streets are the reference Wandsworth Council uses.

No borough-specific basement policy applies in Wandsworth, so subterranean work at a Wandsworth Common address is judged on amenity, drainage and structural grounds. Survey once, use it for every SW17 submission that follows.

What the Wandsworth Common drawing pack contains

Contents of the SW17 drawing pack:

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

Local landmarks that shape a Wandsworth Common application

• King George's Park — side returns where the 45-degree amenity test decides how far a King George's Park extension goes.
• Battersea Park — frontages visible from the highway, so Tonsley materials detail governs the Battersea Park elevation.
• Wandsworth Common — massing on adjoining SW17 plots is tested against it.
• Tooting Common — Wandsworth Council weighs SW17 sightlines to it in the character assessment.

Getting to a Wandsworth Common survey

Surveyors travel to SW17 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are Clapham Junction, Wandsworth Common. Appointments are booked in Wandsworth Common on weekdays and Saturdays, and the measured survey of a standard victorian villas and terraces takes two to three hours.

Where Wandsworth Common sits

Practical detail for a Wandsworth Common submission: residents use Clapham Junction and Wandsworth Common. Site plans are drawn to the address as Wandsworth Council holds it.

Wandsworth Common postcode coverage

We draw SW17 (Tooting / Earlsfield), shared with Tooting; SW18 (Wandsworth / Earlsfield / Southfields), shared with Earlsfield, Southfields, Tonsleys addresses, and Wandsworth Council validates each on the address itself.

Streets and stations in Wandsworth Common

Our SW17 caseload covers King George's Park and Battersea Park. most Wandsworth Common sites are within walking distance of Clapham Junction or Wandsworth Common.

Areas we cover around Wandsworth Common

Our patch runs Tooting (SW17), Earlsfield (SW18), Putney (SW15), Southfields (SW18), Tonsleys (SW18), Nightingale Triangle (SW12), with Wandsworth Common at its centre.

The variables on a SW17 job are structural: party walls, floor levels, and whether the Tonsley designation adds a heritage statement.

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 charge is London Borough of Wandsworth's, taken when the Wandsworth Common application is lodged. London planning approval-rate dataset · Wandsworth planning · House Extension Drawings London-wide · house extension drawings in Tooting.

An MCIAT chartered technologist takes the Wandsworth Common project from survey to decision. Borderline is normal in Wandsworth Common; we resolve it with Wandsworth Council before submission rather than after refusal.

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 can usually confirm the Wandsworth Common planning route from the address alone. This Wandsworth Common page was reviewed in August 2026.