Planning Permission in New Eltham | Fixed-Fee Plans

No Article 4 Direction covers Greenwich, which keeps the New Eltham permitted-development route open on unlisted houses. New Eltham is 1930s semi-detached — a planning permission submission has to answer that context rather than a generic London template. A New Eltham address in Eltham Park or Greenwich Town Centre (World Heritage Site) loses part of its permitted development, so we usually take the SE9 scheme to Greenwich Council as a full application from the outset. We establish it for the SE9 address before any drawing begins.

That mapping of Article 4 directions across New Eltham happens before design, which is what keeps the Greenwich Council route predictable. Everything on a New Eltham scheme is measured from the 1930s semi-detached outward. The borough policy layer over every SE9 address is set out on Greenwich planning. The New Eltham survey then carries into architectural drawings in New Eltham if the project runs on to construction.

A New Eltham application is not live until Royal Borough of Greenwich validates it, which takes one to two weeks on a complete pack. We measure the SE9 property on site with a laser, then draw the existing set from that data alone.

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.

Neighbour consultation on a New Eltham case runs 21 days from registration. Scales, north point and drawing numbers all follow Greenwich Council validation requirements.

Speaking to SE9 neighbours before submission avoids most of it. Roof pitch and eaves height on a New Eltham house are measured, not scaled off.

On New Eltham terraces the flank wall is usually shared, so the party wall notice should go out well before work starts. Once consent is granted, building regulations drawings follows for the SE9 property.

New Eltham is characterised by 1930s semi-detached, concentrated across SE9 in the Eltham / Mottingham area. New Eltham is not uniform, but the 1930s semi-detached recurs often enough across SE9 that the structural pattern is predictable once measured. Locally that resolves to this: on these 1930s semis the prior approval route often replaces a full application, and the drawing set is smaller as a result. On New Eltham plots that shows up in the section drawings. Greenwich Council judges massing against the established New Eltham rhythm — the eaves and ridge lines running past New Eltham station.

Basement work at a New Eltham address is judged on amenity, drainage and structure. Survey data from the New Eltham property flows straight into loft conversion drawings for SE9 properties or house extension drawings without a second site visit.

What the New Eltham drawing pack contains

No add-ons later — the New Eltham scope is set out here.

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

Local landmarks that shape a New Eltham application

• Avery Hill — closet wings that change how a rear extension meets the Avery Hill back addition.
• New Eltham station — height and massing nearby are argued against this frontage.

Getting to a New Eltham survey

Surveyors travel to SE9 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are New Eltham, New Eltham station, Gravesend station. Appointments are booked in New Eltham on weekdays and Saturdays, and the measured survey of a standard 1930s semi-detached takes two to three hours.

Where New Eltham sits

on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ440730. A SE9 submission is checked against exactly that location before Greenwich Council will register it. Source.

Practical detail for a New Eltham submission: the nearest stations are New Eltham and New Eltham station and Gravesend station; the New Eltham post town is LONDON; dialling code 020. Site plans are drawn to the address as Greenwich Council holds it.

New Eltham postcode coverage

Surveys run across SE9 (Eltham / Mottingham), shared with Eltham throughout Greenwich.

Streets and stations in New Eltham

The New Eltham streets on our books include Avery Hill. most New Eltham sites are within walking distance of New Eltham or New Eltham station or Gravesend station.

Areas we cover around New Eltham

The surrounding patch — Blackheath (Greenwich) (SE3), Thamesmead (SE28), Kidbrooke (SE3), Brockley (SE4), Forest Hill (SE23), Honor Oak (SE23) — is drawn by the same team, though each street answers to its own designation.

The figure is agreed before the survey and does not move. What changes a New Eltham fee is the property: 1930s semi-detached construction, shared walls on SE9, and whether heritage input is needed.

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.

The statutory charge on a New Eltham application goes to Royal Borough of Greenwich at submission. London planning approval-rate dataset · Greenwich planning · planning permission in London · planning permission in Blackheath (Greenwich).

The person drawing your New Eltham scheme holds MCIAT charter and carries the technical responsibility for it. Marginal SE9 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 New Eltham property is usually enough to scope the job. This New Eltham page was reviewed in August 2026.