Eltham is characterised by 1930s semi-detached, post-war flats, concentrated across SE9 in the
Eltham / Mottingham area. What the 1930s semi-detached in Eltham allows is a construction question first and a planning question second, and the survey answers it. Translated to the 1930s semi-detached here: on these 1930s semis the prior approval route often replaces a full application, and the drawing set is smaller as a result. On Eltham plots that shows up in the section drawings. Case officers at Greenwich Council look first at whether a SE9 scheme keeps the eaves and ridge line of the Eltham row.
No borough-specific basement policy applies in Greenwich, so subterranean work at a Eltham address is judged on amenity, drainage and structural grounds. We do not re-measure a SE9 property for each stage of the job.
What the Eltham drawing pack contains
Here is what a SE9 instruction actually produces.
- site location plan for the Eltham property
- block plan
- existing and proposed floor plans
- existing and proposed elevations
- Design & Access Statement
Streets and landmarks we survey around Eltham
- Sutcliffe Park — frontages visible from the highway, so Charlton materials detail governs the Sutcliffe Park elevation.
- Shooters Hill — front-to-back level changes that drive the Shooters Hill section drawings.
- Avery Hill — side returns where the 45-degree amenity test decides how far a Avery Hill extension goes.
- South Circular Road — front-to-back level changes that drive the South Circular Road section drawings.
- Trunk Road — front-to-back level changes that drive the Trunk Road section drawings.
- Middle Park — frontages visible from the highway, so Charlton materials detail governs the Middle Park elevation.
- Horn Park — frontages visible from the highway, so Charlton materials detail governs the Horn Park elevation.
- Shooter's Hill — shared flank walls, so Shooter's Hill party structure notices go out before work starts.
- Eltham Palace — Greenwich Council weighs SE9 sightlines to it in the character assessment.
- Eltham College — Greenwich Council weighs SE9 sightlines to it in the character assessment.
- Eltham Hill School — proposals in its setting are drawn with the Eltham context elevation.
Getting to a Eltham survey
Surveyors travel to SE9 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are
Stationers' Crown Woods Academy, Charing Cross, Cannon Street, London Victoria. Appointments are booked in Eltham on weekdays and Saturdays,
and the measured survey of a standard 1930s semi-detached takes two to three hours.
Where Eltham sits
Eltham lies 8.7 miles (14.0 km) east-southeast of Charing Cross, on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ425745, inside the Eltham and Chislehurst parliamentary constituency. That grid reference is not trivia — the Eltham site location plan is drawn over it, and Greenwich Council validates the address against it. Source.
Practical detail for a Eltham submission: local stations are Stationers' Crown Woods Academy and Charing Cross and Cannon Street and London Victoria; post town LONDON; dialling code 020. Site plans are drawn to the address as Greenwich Council holds it.
Eltham postcode coverage
We survey and draw across SE9 (Eltham / Mottingham), shared with New Eltham. The SE9 boundary decides which Greenwich designations apply to your Eltham address.
Streets and stations in Eltham
Our SE9 caseload covers Sutcliffe Park, Shooters Hill, Avery Hill, South Circular Road, Trunk Road, Middle Park, Horn Park and Shooter's Hill. most Eltham sites are within walking distance of Stationers' Crown Woods Academy or Charing Cross or Cannon Street.
Areas we cover around Eltham
We survey across Blackheath (Greenwich) (SE3), Thamesmead (SE28), Kidbrooke (SE3), New Eltham (SE9), Brockley (SE4), Forest Hill (SE23) as well as Eltham itself, plus the Newham side of the boundary.
