Deptford is characterised by georgian terraces, post-war estates, new-build, concentrated across SE8 in the
Deptford area. On Deptford plots, structure follows the georgian terraces that is already there. Where Deptford is concerned, applications on Georgian stock here almost always need a heritage statement alongside the drawings. It is why the Deptford existing set is measured, not traced. Height on a Deptford proposal is measured against its neighbours, not against a policy number; the Deptford High Street terraces set that datum.
Lewisham sets no special basement rule, so a Deptford lower-ground scheme stands or falls on the engineering and the neighbours. One Deptford survey serves loft conversion drawings for SE8 properties and house extension drawings too; we do not re-measure a SE8 property for each submission.
What the Deptford drawing pack contains
No add-ons later — the Deptford scope is set out here.
- site location plan for the Deptford property
- block plan
- existing and proposed floor plans
- existing and proposed elevations
- Design & Access Statement
Streets and landmarks we survey around Deptford
- Brookmill Park — terraced rear elevations — the Brookmill Park party wall position is drawn first.
- Deptford Park — roof profiles that set the ridge datum Lewisham Council measures a Deptford Park dormer against.
- Ferranti Park — gardens deep enough for the 8 weeks householder route on a Ferranti Park plot.
- Albury Street — frontages visible from the highway, so Forest Hill materials detail governs the Albury Street elevation.
- Watling Street — side returns where the 45-degree amenity test decides how far a Watling Street extension goes.
- Deptford High Street — gardens deep enough for the 8 weeks householder route on a Deptford High Street plot.
- Deptford High Street — it anchors the Deptford streetscape argument in an officer report.
- Lewisham College — massing on adjoining SE8 plots is tested against it.
- Goldsmiths College — proposals in its setting are drawn with the Deptford context elevation.
- Bellerbys College — the surrounding georgian terraces takes its scale from it.
- Rose Bruford College — proposals in its setting are drawn with the Deptford context elevation.
Getting to a Deptford survey
Surveyors travel to SE8 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are
Deptford Bridge, File:Deptford station entrance 2013.JPG, Deptford, London Bridge. Appointments are booked in Deptford on weekdays and Saturdays,
and the measured survey of a standard georgian terraces takes two to three hours.
Where Deptford sits
on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ365775, with the River Thames shaping drainage and flood-risk questions on lower-lying SE8 plots. A SE8 submission is checked against exactly that location before Lewisham Council will register it. Source.
Practical detail for a Deptford submission: surveyors travel in through Deptford Bridge and File:Deptford station entrance 2013.JPG and Deptford and London Bridge; the postal town here is LONDON; dialling code 020; listed fabric nearby includes Grade II English Heritage. Site plans are drawn to the address as Lewisham Council holds it.
Deptford postcode coverage
SE8 (Deptford), which Deptford holds on its own — all within our Deptford survey radius.
Streets and stations in Deptford
The Deptford streets on our books include Brookmill Park, Deptford Park, Ferranti Park, Albury Street, Watling Street and Deptford High Street. most Deptford sites are within walking distance of Deptford Bridge or File:Deptford station entrance 2013.JPG or Deptford. and Grade II English Heritage is listed, which pulls neighbouring SE8 proposals into a setting assessment.
Areas we cover around Deptford
The surrounding patch — Bickley (BR1), Orpington (BR5, BR6), Petts Wood (BR5), West Wickham (BR4), Biggin Hill (TN16), Keston (BR2) — is drawn by the same team, though each street answers to its own designation.
