Loft Conversion Drawings in Woolwich | From £1,225

No Article 4 Direction covers Greenwich, which keeps the Woolwich permitted-development route open on unlisted houses. Woolwich reads as Georgian arsenal heritage, riverside regen, and that is the context a SE18 scheme is judged in. Greenwich has 20 conservation areas, and Eltham Park is the one that most often covers Woolwich stock. That check comes before anything else on a Woolwich job.

Every SE18 job starts with checking Article 4 directions street by street. Everything on a Woolwich scheme is measured from the georgian fragments outward. The borough policy layer over every SE18 address is set out on Greenwich planning. The Woolwich survey then carries into architectural drawings in Woolwich if the project runs on to construction.

Before Greenwich Council determines anything, Royal Borough of Greenwich has to validate the Woolwich submission — one to two weeks, longer if a plan is missing. Step one at a SE18 address is a full measured survey of the existing building.

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.

Amendments during the Woolwich determination are handled without a resubmission where possible. We issue the SE18 drawings numbered and revision-controlled.

We would rather redesign a SE18 rear elevation than argue an objection. Levels between front and rear of a Woolwich house are recorded, not assumed.

Most Woolwich terraces share a flank wall, so party wall notices apply. Once consent is granted, planning permission follows for the SE18 property.

Woolwich is characterised by georgian fragments, post-war estates, new-build, concentrated across SE18 in the Woolwich / Plumstead area. The georgian fragments across Woolwich decides how a scheme is built, not just how it looks. Where Woolwich is concerned, georgian roofs here are shallow and often behind a parapet, so the usable volume comes from a rear dormer set below the ridge rather than from the front slope. That detail drives the SE18 construction sequence. Height on a Woolwich proposal is measured against its neighbours, not against a policy number; the Royal Arsenal terraces set that datum.

Greenwich sets no special basement rule, so a Woolwich lower-ground scheme stands or falls on the engineering and the neighbours. One visit to the Woolwich address covers building regulations drawings for SE18 properties and house extension drawings too.

What the Woolwich drawing pack contains

The Woolwich package covers every sheet Royal Borough of Greenwich asks for.

• existing roof plan and section for the Woolwich property
• proposed dormer elevations
• volume calculation sheet
• staircase and head-height sections
• structural steel layout

Streets and landmarks we survey around Woolwich

• Old Kent Road — terraced rear elevations — the Old Kent Road party wall position is drawn first.
• Beresford Square — side returns where the 45-degree amenity test decides how far a Beresford Square extension goes.
• Shooter's Hill — gardens deep enough for the 8 weeks householder route on a Shooter's Hill plot.
• Watling Street — terraced rear elevations — the Watling Street party wall position is drawn first.
• Powis Street — front-to-back level changes that drive the Powis Street section drawings.
• Royal Arsenal — proposals within its setting are drawn with the context elevation included.
• Woolwich Ferry — schemes visible from it get closer scrutiny in Greenwich.
• Plumstead Common — the surrounding georgian fragments takes its scale from it.
• Woolwich Common — schemes visible from it get closer scrutiny in Greenwich.
• Old Royal Naval College — sightlines from here are part of the Greenwich Council character assessment.
• New Wine Church — height and massing nearby are argued against this frontage.

Getting to a Woolwich survey

Surveyors travel to SE18 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are Woolwich Arsenal station, File:Woolwich Arsenal Station.png, Woolwich Arsenal, Woolwich Dockyard. Appointments are booked in Woolwich on weekdays and Saturdays, and the measured survey of a standard georgian fragments takes two to three hours.

Where Woolwich sits

on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ435795, with the River Thames shaping drainage and flood-risk questions on lower-lying SE18 plots, inside the Greenwich and Woolwich parliamentary constituency. The SE18 block plan is set out from that grid square. Source.

Practical detail for a Woolwich submission: Woolwich is served by Woolwich Arsenal station and File:Woolwich Arsenal Station.png and Woolwich Arsenal and Woolwich Dockyard; the postal town here is LONDON; dialling code 020. Site plans are drawn to the address as Greenwich Council holds it.

Woolwich postcode coverage

Surveys run across SE18 (Woolwich / Plumstead), which Woolwich holds on its own throughout Greenwich.

Streets and stations in Woolwich

Streets we survey in Woolwich include Old Kent Road, Beresford Square, Shooter's Hill, Watling Street and Powis Street. most Woolwich sites are within walking distance of Woolwich Arsenal station or File:Woolwich Arsenal Station.png or Woolwich Arsenal.

Areas we cover around Woolwich

The surrounding patch — Stratford (E15), Forest Gate (E7), Plaistow (E13), East Ham (E6), West Ham (E15), Canning Town (E16) — is drawn by the same team, though each street answers to its own designation.

Price differences between Woolwich projects come from the fabric — the georgian fragments, level changes, and any Eltham Park 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.

We do not mark up the Royal Borough of Greenwich fee — it is paid at submission. London planning approval-rate dataset · Greenwich planning · Loft Conversion Drawings London-wide · loft conversion drawings in Stratford.

Chartered accountability applies to every SE18 drawing we issue. Marginal SE18 sites get checked with Greenwich Council first; a refusal costs far more than the advice fee.

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.

A short call about the Woolwich property is usually enough to scope the job. This Woolwich page was reviewed in August 2026.