Planning Permission in Stratford | Fixed-Fee Plans

An Article 4 Direction applies across Newham, so check it before assuming Stratford permitted development survives. In Stratford the streetscape argument usually decides the case before the numbers do, because the area is Olympic-era new-build, regen. Where a Stratford property sits inside Manor Park or Forest Gate — two of Newham's 10 designations — permitted development narrows and a full Newham Council submission is usually quicker. We confirm the E15 designation at survey rather than assuming it.

How Article 4 directions apply to your Stratford street is settled at survey stage, not after submission. Everything on a Stratford scheme is measured from the new-build outward. The borough policy layer over every E15 address is set out on Newham planning. The Stratford survey then carries into house extension drawings in Stratford if the project runs on to construction.

Before Newham Council determines anything, London Borough of Newham has to validate the Stratford submission — one to two weeks, longer if a plan is missing. The Stratford survey comes first, because a proposal drawn on wrong existing plans fails validation later.

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.

We monitor the E15 case and respond to officer queries during the period. A Stratford pack that misses a scale bar is a pack London Borough of Newham will reject — ours do not.

London Borough of Newham weighs material objections only — a Stratford neighbour disliking the design is not one. Levels between front and rear of a Stratford house are recorded, not assumed.

Serve party wall notices early where E15 neighbours share a flank wall — on Stratford terraces they nearly always do. Once consent is granted, architectural drawings follows for the E15 property.

Stratford is characterised by new-build, post-war estates, concentrated across E15 in the Stratford / West Ham area. Across E15 the new-build repeats often enough to be predictable, once it has been measured properly. On the ground in Stratford, post-war stock here frequently sits inside an estate layout, so the site plan has to show the wider block, not just the curtilage. That detail drives the E15 construction sequence. Because Stratford rows are consistent, the proposed elevation is drawn with neighbours on it.

Going down in Stratford is assessed on ordinary grounds — E15 ground conditions and drainage do more to shape the scheme than policy does. If a Stratford project extends into building regulations drawings for E15 properties or loft conversion drawings, the survey is already done.

What the Stratford drawing pack contains

What lands in your inbox after a Stratford survey:

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

Streets and landmarks we survey around Stratford

• Upton Park — front-to-back level changes that drive the Upton Park section drawings.
• North Circular Road — front-to-back level changes that drive the North Circular Road section drawings.
• Bow Road — front-to-back level changes that drive the Bow Road section drawings.
• Penny Lane — terraced rear elevations — the Penny Lane party wall position is drawn first.
• Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park — shared flank walls, so Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park party structure notices go out before work starts.
• Olympic Park — closet wings that change how a rear extension meets the Olympic Park back addition.
• West Ham Park — shared flank walls, so West Ham Park party structure notices go out before work starts.
• Westfield Stratford — it anchors the Stratford streetscape argument in an officer report.
• Olympic Park — the surrounding new-build takes its scale from it.
• Chobham Academy — height and massing nearby are argued against this frontage.
• Sarah Bonnell School — a Stratford roof extension is judged against the datum it sets.

Getting to a Stratford survey

Surveyors travel to E15 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are North Woolwich Old Station Museum, Chappel and Wakes Colne, Stratford station, Pudding Mill Lane. Appointments are booked in Stratford on weekdays and Saturdays, and the measured survey of a standard new-build takes two to three hours.

Where Stratford sits

Stratford lies 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Charing Cross, on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ385845. That is the reference the Stratford site plan is drawn over. Source.

Practical detail for a Stratford submission: transport for Stratford runs through North Woolwich Old Station Museum and Chappel and Wakes Colne and Stratford station and Pudding Mill Lane; E15 addresses are written to LONDON; dialling code 020; Grade II listed building sit within the Stratford setting and are listed. Site plans are drawn to the address as Newham Council holds it.

Stratford postcode coverage

Stratford work spans E15 (Stratford / West Ham), shared with West Ham, with the E15 boundary setting which designations bite.

Streets and stations in Stratford

We survey Stratford addresses on Upton Park, North Circular Road, Bow Road, Penny Lane, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Olympic Park and West Ham Park. most Stratford sites are within walking distance of North Woolwich Old Station Museum or Chappel and Wakes Colne or Stratford station. and Grade II listed building is listed, which pulls neighbouring E15 proposals into a setting assessment.

Areas we cover around Stratford

Besides Stratford: Walthamstow (E17), Leyton (E10), Leytonstone (E11), Chingford (E4), Highams Park (E4), Wanstead (E11), plus Redbridge across the border.

The fee follows the building. On Stratford stock that means party walls, levels, and the Manor Park heritage 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 London Borough of Newham fee — it is paid at submission. London planning approval-rate dataset · Newham planning · planning permission across London · planning permission in Walthamstow.

The technologist who surveys your Stratford property signs the drawings. Where a Stratford case is borderline — a corner plot near Olympic Park, a Manor Park frontage, a flank wall hard onto a E15 neighbour — we buy pre-application advice from Newham Council rather than gamble the statutory 8 weeks.

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.

The first step for a Stratford owner is a measured survey, not a design. This Stratford page was reviewed in August 2026.