Planning Permission in Charlton | Fixed-Fee Plans

No Article 4 Direction covers Greenwich, which keeps the Charlton permitted-development route open on unlisted houses. Being Victorian villas, 1930s semi-detached, Charlton rewards schemes that sit quietly beside Charlton House. Where a Charlton property sits inside Greenwich Town Centre (World Heritage Site) or Blackheath — two of Greenwich's 20 designations — permitted development narrows and a full Greenwich Council submission is usually quicker. That boundary is verified for the SE7 property at the outset.

How Article 4 directions apply to your Charlton street is settled at survey stage, not after submission. The victorian villas in Charlton decides the depth before policy does. The borough policy layer over every SE7 address is set out on Greenwich planning. The Charlton survey then carries into house extension drawings in Charlton if the project runs on to construction.

Allow one to two weeks of Royal Borough of Greenwich validation on any SE7 application. A Charlton project opens with an on-site laser survey, which is what makes the later Greenwich Council submission robust against a validation query.

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.

After validation a Charlton application is allocated to an officer, who will visit the SE7 address. Each SE7 drawing carries the address, scale, north point and revision.

Objections on a Charlton case usually come from the immediate neighbours, not the wider SE7 area. Drainage runs and manhole positions on the SE7 plot are picked up on the day.

The party wall step is not optional on shared Charlton walls, and serving late is what stalls sites. Once consent is granted, architectural drawings follows for the SE7 property.

Charlton is characterised by victorian villas, 1930s semi-detached, concentrated across SE7 in the Charlton area. SE7 construction is victorian villas-led, and the survey establishes what it carries. On the ground in Charlton, most applications on these Victorian streets are householder applications validated on existing and proposed plans, elevations, a site plan and a location plan. That detail drives the SE7 construction sequence. Greenwich Council reads a Charlton elevation against its neighbours first.

Greenwich Council assesses Charlton basements on standard grounds. The same Charlton drawings carry through to building regulations drawings for SE7 properties and loft conversion drawings.

What the Charlton drawing pack contains

What we hand over for a Charlton property:

• site location plan for the Charlton property
• block plan
• existing and proposed floor plans
• existing and proposed elevations
• Design & Access Statement

Streets and landmarks we survey around Charlton

• Westcombe Park — roof profiles that set the ridge datum Greenwich Council measures a Westcombe Park dormer against.
• Shooter's Hill — closet wings that change how a rear extension meets the Shooter's Hill back addition.
• South Circular Road — terraced rear elevations — the South Circular Road party wall position is drawn first.
• Maryon Park — gardens deep enough for the 8 weeks householder route on a Maryon Park plot.
• Maryon Wilson Park — gardens deep enough for the 8 weeks householder route on a Maryon Wilson Park plot.
• Hornfair Park — frontages visible from the highway, so Greenwich Town Centre (World Heritage Site) materials detail governs the Hornfair Park elevation.
• Maze Hill — gardens deep enough for the 8 weeks householder route on a Maze Hill plot.
• Charlton House — it anchors the Charlton streetscape argument in an officer report.
• Royal Greenwich Trust School — it fixes the local datum a Charlton roof extension is judged against.
• British Orthodox Church — it anchors the Charlton streetscape argument in an officer report.

Getting to a Charlton survey

Surveyors travel to SE7 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are Charlton, St Pancras, North Greenwich, Barnehurst. Appointments are booked in Charlton on weekdays and Saturdays, and the measured survey of a standard victorian villas takes two to three hours.

Where Charlton sits

Charlton lies 7.2 miles (11.6 km) southeast of Charing Cross, on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ415785, with the River Thames shaping drainage and flood-risk questions on lower-lying SE7 plots. Every Charlton application opens with a location plan tied to that grid square; get it wrong and Greenwich Council returns the submission unvalidated. Source.

Practical detail for a Charlton submission: Charlton and St Pancras and North Greenwich and Barnehurst serve the area; Royal Mail routes it as LONDON; dialling code 020. Site plans are drawn to the address as Greenwich Council holds it.

Charlton postcode coverage

Charlton work spans SE7 (Charlton), which Charlton holds on its own — the designations change with the district line.

Streets and stations in Charlton

Charlton addresses we have drawn run to Westcombe Park, Shooter's Hill, South Circular Road, Maryon Park, Maryon Wilson Park, Hornfair Park and Maze Hill. most Charlton sites are within walking distance of Charlton or St Pancras or North Greenwich.

Areas we cover around Charlton

Beyond Charlton we cover Old Bexley (DA5), Belvedere (DA17), Barnehurst (DA7), Bromley (BR1, BR2), Beckenham (BR3), Chislehurst (BR7), and cross into Bromley. A consent granted a mile from Charlton House is not a precedent for the plot next to it.

You know the number before the surveyor is booked. A Charlton quote moves on what the building is, not on how long we spend: the victorian villas, the party wall position, the Greenwich Town Centre (World Heritage Site) question.

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 · planning permission in London · planning permission in Old Bexley.

MCIAT charter sits behind every Charlton submission we make, and the same person who surveys the property signs the drawings off. Not every Charlton scheme is clear-cut. Where Greenwich Town Centre (World Heritage Site) or the Charlton House setting is in play, Greenwich Council pre-application advice comes before the SE7 submission.

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 Charlton planning route from the address alone. This Charlton page was reviewed in August 2026.