Vauxhall is characterised by regency terraces, modern apartments, post-war flats, concentrated across SE11, SW8 in the
Kennington / Vauxhall area. Across SE11, SW8 the regency terraces repeats often enough to be predictable, once it has been measured properly. Where Vauxhall is concerned, post-war roofs on these estates are often trussed, so the conversion is a structural job first — the trusses are replaced with a steel and purlin frame before any dormer. On Lambeth stock it changes the party wall position. Height on a Vauxhall proposal is measured against its neighbours, not against a policy number; the Nine Elms terraces set that datum.
Subterranean work in Vauxhall has no dedicated borough policy behind it; the SE11 water table and the party walls are the real constraints. Survey once, use it for every SE11 submission that follows.
What the Vauxhall drawing pack contains
Here is what a SE11 instruction actually produces.
- existing roof plan and section for the Vauxhall property
- proposed dormer elevations
- volume calculation sheet
- staircase and head-height sections
- structural steel layout
Streets and landmarks we survey around Vauxhall
- Vauxhall Bridge Road — terraced rear elevations — the Vauxhall Bridge Road party wall position is drawn first.
- Bonnington Square — shared flank walls, so Bonnington Square party structure notices go out before work starts.
- Fitzroy Gardens — shared flank walls, so Fitzroy Gardens party structure notices go out before work starts.
- Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens — gardens deep enough for the 8 weeks householder route on a Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens plot.
- Vauxhall Park — roof profiles that set the ridge datum Lambeth Council measures a Vauxhall Park dormer against.
- South Lambeth Road — front-to-back level changes that drive the South Lambeth Road section drawings.
- Nine Elms — proposals in its setting are drawn with the Vauxhall context elevation.
- Vauxhall Bridge — a Vauxhall roof extension is judged against the datum it sets.
- Vauxhall Bridge — a Vauxhall roof extension is judged against the datum it sets.
- Westminster Bridge — schemes visible from it get closer scrutiny in Lambeth.
Getting to a Vauxhall survey
Surveyors travel to SE11 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are
Battersea Power Station, Lambeth North, Vauxhall station, central station. Appointments are booked in Vauxhall on weekdays and Saturdays,
and the measured survey of a standard regency terraces takes two to three hours.
Where Vauxhall sits
on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ305785, inside the Vauxhall and Camberwell Green parliamentary constituency. We plot the Vauxhall site from that reference rather than from a sale plan. Source.
Practical detail for a Vauxhall submission: local stations are Battersea Power Station and Lambeth North and Vauxhall station and central station; correspondence uses LONDON; dialling code 020. Site plans are drawn to the address as Lambeth Council holds it.
Vauxhall postcode coverage
Across SE11 (Kennington / Vauxhall), shared with Kennington; SW8 (South Lambeth / Nine Elms), shared with Battersea the survey is the same; the Lambeth policy overlay is not, and Lambeth Council validates on the address.
Streets and stations in Vauxhall
Our SE11 caseload covers Vauxhall Bridge Road, Bonnington Square, Fitzroy Gardens, Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, Vauxhall Park and South Lambeth Road. most Vauxhall sites are within walking distance of Battersea Power Station or Lambeth North or Vauxhall station.
Areas we cover around Vauxhall
We survey across Victoria (SW1E, SW1W), Westbourne Green (W2, W9), Maida Vale (W9), Clapham (SW4), Brixton (SW2, SW9), Herne Hill (SE24) as well as Vauxhall itself, plus the Merton side of the boundary.
