Planning Permission in Tooting | Fixed-Fee Plans

An Article 4 Direction applies across Wandsworth, so check it before assuming Tooting permitted development survives. The prevailing character of Tooting — Edwardian terraces, vibrant high street — sets what Wandsworth Council will accept near Tooting Market and what it will resist. Clapham Common West is the designation that most often reshapes a Tooting proposal; Wandsworth carries 45 of them. It is confirmed against London Borough of Wandsworth mapping for the Tooting plot.

Every SW17 job starts with checking Article 4 directions street by street. Measure a SW17 property and the edwardian terraces answers most of it — where the original rear wall sat, and what height the Tooting street will carry. The borough policy layer over every SW17 address is set out on Wandsworth planning. The Tooting survey then carries into loft conversion drawings in Tooting if the project runs on to construction.

A Tooting application is not live until London Borough of Wandsworth validates it, which takes one to two weeks on a complete pack. The first thing we do in Tooting is measure — every room, every level change.

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.

Once Wandsworth Council registers the Tooting case, the officer site visit usually follows within a fortnight. We issue the SW17 drawings numbered and revision-controlled.

Objection volume on Tooting cases is public — we read it before advising. Party wall positions on a Tooting terrace are located during the survey.

On Tooting stock the party wall stage is routine and worth timetabling. Once consent is granted, house extension drawings follows for the SW17 property.

Tooting is characterised by edwardian terraces, concentrated across SW17 in the Tooting / Earlsfield area. How the edwardian terraces in Tooting was built decides what can be opened up and where the load has to go. For a typical Tooting house, edwardian houses here typically need the same householder set plus a roof plan where a dormer is proposed. It is the first thing checked at the Tooting survey. Case officers at Wandsworth Council look first at whether a SW17 scheme keeps the eaves and ridge line of the Tooting row.

A SW17 dig turns on engineering more than on policy. The Tooting measured survey is reused across architectural drawings for SW17 properties and building regulations drawings, so the cost lands once.

What the Tooting drawing pack contains

Contents of the SW17 drawing pack:

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

Local landmarks that shape a Tooting application

• Tooting Market — sightlines from here are part of the Wandsworth Council character assessment.
• St George's Hospital — nearby edwardian terraces takes its scale from this frontage.
• Totterdown Fields — proposals in its setting are drawn with the Tooting context elevation.
• Tooting Market — sightlines from here are part of the Wandsworth Council character assessment.
• St Benedict's Hospital — it fixes the local datum a Tooting roof extension is judged against.

Getting to a Tooting survey

Surveyors travel to SW17 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are File:Tooting Broadway station.jpg, Tooting Bec, Tooting Broadway, Tooting. Appointments are booked in Tooting on weekdays and Saturdays, and the measured survey of a standard edwardian terraces takes two to three hours.

Where Tooting sits

Tooting lies 5 miles (8 km) south south-west of Charing Cross, on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ275715. We draw the Tooting location and block plans from that reference, which is what Wandsworth Council validates against. Source.

Practical detail for a Tooting submission: access is via File:Tooting Broadway station.jpg and Tooting Bec and Tooting Broadway and Tooting; mail for Tooting routes via London; dialling code 020. Site plans are drawn to the address as Wandsworth Council holds it.

Tooting postcode coverage

Our Tooting coverage takes in SW17 (Tooting / Earlsfield), shared with Wandsworth Common.

Streets and stations in Tooting

Most Tooting sites are within walking distance of File:Tooting Broadway station.jpg or Tooting Bec or Tooting Broadway.

Areas we cover around Tooting

Coverage from Tooting extends to Ham (TW10), Mortlake (SW14), Fulham (SW6), Hammersmith (W6), Shepherd's Bush (W12), White City (W12) and into Lambeth.

What changes a Tooting fee is the property: edwardian terraces construction, shared walls on SW17, 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 element is payable to London Borough of Wandsworth, not to us. London planning approval-rate dataset · Wandsworth planning · the London planning permission pillar page · planning permission in Ham.

Your Tooting drawings are produced under professional charter, not subcontracted out and rubber-stamped. A tight Tooting plot — Tooting Market in the setting, a shared flank wall on SW17 — goes to Wandsworth Council for advice before it goes to determination.

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.

Send the Tooting address; we will come back with the route and the fee. This Tooting page was reviewed in August 2026.