What Brent clients say

Where in Brent does a drawing package actually get determined?

Every Brent postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a drawing package there. Brent fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not drawing package estimates.

What changes about a drawing package in each part of Brent?

Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few Brent streets, and each one changes what a drawing package can achieve at that address.

• Cricklewood (NW2) — a drawing package in Cricklewood starts from edwardian terraces, and Cricklewood reads as Edwardian terraces. in NW2. Brent Council assesses Cricklewood drawing packages against its own Cricklewood character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Cricklewood references Cricklewood Broadway.
• Sudbury (HA0) — drawing package work in Sudbury means 1930s semi-detached. Sudbury is 1930s semi-detached. throughout HA0. Brent Council decides the Sudbury application, and Sudbury Town Tube anchors the Sudbury location plan.
• Wembley (HA0, HA9) — 1930s semi-detached, major regen defines Wembley, where 1930s semi-detached, new-build set what a drawing package can do. across HA0. Any Wembley drawing package is validated by Brent Council, with Wembley Stadium the usual Wembley reference point on the site plan.
• Kilburn (NW6) — Victorian terraces, mansion blocks defines Kilburn, where victorian terraces, mansion blocks set what a drawing package can do. across NW6. Any Kilburn drawing package is validated by Brent Council, with Kilburn High Road the usual Kilburn reference point on the site plan.
• Queen's Park (NW6) — drawing package work in Queen's Park means edwardian villas. Queen's Park is Edwardian villas, conservation. throughout NW6. Brent Council decides the Queen's Park application, and Queen's Park anchors the Queen's Park location plan.
• Harlesden (NW10) — a drawing package in Harlesden starts from victorian terraces, and Harlesden reads as Victorian terraces. in NW10. Brent Council assesses Harlesden drawing packages against its own Harlesden character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Harlesden references Harlesden High Street.
• Mapesbury (NW2) — a drawing package in Mapesbury starts from edwardian villas and terraces, and Mapesbury reads as Edwardian conservation area. in NW2. Brent Council assesses Mapesbury drawing packages against its own Mapesbury character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Mapesbury references Mapesbury Conservation Area.

Does Brent planning policy restrict a drawing package?

Brent conservation designations: there are 22 across Brent Council, Kensal Green, Harlesden, Sudbury Court among them. Designation costs a Brent owner the permitted-development route: a drawing package then needs a £548 householder application over 8 weeks, in place of the £249 prior approval route that takes 6 weeks. Mapesbury is the Brent designation that most often changes a drawing package design.

Brent and Article 4: Article 4 for HMO conversions in specific streets around Wembley and Harlesden. A drawing package planned at a NW2 address is checked against that direction first; Brent Council publishes the Brent extent, and the NW2 line rarely follows the Brent boundary you would expect.

Brent housing stock: Edwardian villas in Queen's Park and Mapesbury; Victorian terraces in Kilburn and Harlesden; 1930s semi-detached in Wembley; post-war tower blocks in Church End. Highly diverse borough; Queen's Park and Mapesbury are heritage-controlled; Wembley is a major regeneration hub. Read that before choosing a drawing package route in Brent — construction, not postcode, sets what is achievable.

What happens if a Brent property sits on a boundary?

• Barnet — adjoining Brent, with 20 conservation areas centred on N2. A drawing package on the far side of the Brent line is determined by Barnet Council, so the Brent quote for drawing packages is checked against Barnet guidance before it is issued.
• Camden — the Camden boundary runs against Brent, so a drawing package a street from Brent is decided by Camden Council instead. Camden runs 40 conservation areas across NW1 and its neighbours, which is why drawing packages priced for Brent are re-checked against Camden policy whenever the Brent address sits on that edge.
• Westminster — cross the Brent boundary and Westminster City Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 56 conservation areas of its own around SW1. We re-price drawing packages at the Brent edge because Westminster policy and Brent policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
• Kensington and Chelsea — adjoining Brent, with 38 conservation areas centred on SW1. A drawing package on the far side of the Brent line is determined by RBKC Planning, so the Brent quote for drawing packages is checked against Kensington and Chelsea guidance before it is issued.

Sources for this Brent drawing package page: borough policies maps and conservation-area registers (2025–26), Royal Mail postcode district boundaries, the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) (England) Regulations, the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended, and the Party Wall etc. Act 1996.