What Camden clients say

Which Camden postcodes does this drawing package service cover?

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

Which Camden neighbourhoods suit a drawing package best?

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

• Hampstead (NW3) — affluent, listed Georgian and Victorian villas defines Hampstead, where georgian and victorian villas, listed buildings set what a drawing package can do. across NW3. Any Hampstead drawing package is validated by Camden Council, with Hampstead Heath the usual Hampstead reference point on the site plan.
• Primrose Hill (NW1) — boutique village atmosphere, painted terraces defines Primrose Hill, where victorian and edwardian terraces set what a drawing package can do. across NW1. Any Primrose Hill drawing package is validated by Camden Council, with Primrose Hill park the usual Primrose Hill reference point on the site plan.
• Kentish Town (NW5) — Victorian terraced streets, gentrifying defines Kentish Town, where victorian terraces set what a drawing package can do. across NW5. Any Kentish Town drawing package is validated by Camden Council, with Kentish Town City Farm the usual Kentish Town reference point on the site plan.
• Belsize Park (NW3) — drawing package work in Belsize Park means edwardian mansion blocks, victorian villas. Belsize Park is tree-lined avenues, Edwardian mansion blocks. throughout NW3. Camden Council decides the Belsize Park application, and Belsize Park station anchors the Belsize Park location plan.
• Bloomsbury (WC1) — a drawing package in Bloomsbury starts from georgian terraces, listed buildings, and Bloomsbury reads as Georgian squares, academic. in WC1. Camden Council assesses Bloomsbury drawing packages against its own Bloomsbury character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Bloomsbury references British Museum.
• Fitzrovia (W1T) — Georgian and Victorian mix, creative quarter defines Fitzrovia, where georgian terraces, victorian mansion blocks set what a drawing package can do. across W1T. Any Fitzrovia drawing package is validated by Camden Council, with Fitzroy Square the usual Fitzrovia reference point on the site plan.
• King's Cross (N1C) — a drawing package in King's Cross starts from modern apartments, converted warehouses, and King's Cross reads as regenerated quarter, contemporary new-build. in N1C. Camden Council assesses King's Cross drawing packages against its own King's Cross character guidance, and the location plan we draw for King's Cross references King's Cross Station.

Does Camden planning policy restrict a drawing package?

Conservation areas covering Camden: Camden Council runs 40, and Primrose Hill, Bloomsbury, Camden Town are the ones Camden owners meet most. A drawing package inside a Camden conservation area loses permitted development, so the Camden submission is a householder application at £548 decided in 8 weeks — not a £249 prior approval decided in 6 weeks. In Primrose Hill a drawing package is judged on the street elevation first.

Camden and Article 4: Article 4 removes permitted development for HMO conversions (C3 to C4) across the borough, plus restrictions on basement extensions in 12 conservation areas. A drawing package planned at a N1C address is checked against that direction first; Camden Council publishes the Camden extent, and the N1C line rarely follows the Camden boundary you would expect.

Digging below a Camden property: Camden's basement policy (Policy A5) restricts single-storey basements to 50% of garden area; double-storey basements generally refused outside commercial zones. Where a drawing package in Camden involves excavation that is read beside the Party Wall etc. Act 1996, which needs two months notice for a Camden dig within 3 m of a neighbour, and Camden Council expects the N1C ground conditions addressed in the application.

The building fabric around Camden: Victorian and Edwardian terraces, Georgian townhouses in Bloomsbury and Hampstead, post-war mansion blocks, modern developments in King's Cross. Creative, affluent in Hampstead and Primrose Hill; dense mixed-use around Camden Town and Kings Cross; academic character in Bloomsbury. A drawing package in Camden is scoped against that stock first.

What happens if a Camden property sits on a boundary?

• Islington — the Islington boundary runs against Camden, so a drawing package a street from Camden is decided by Islington Council instead. Islington runs 40 conservation areas across N1 and its neighbours, which is why drawing packages priced for Camden are re-checked against Islington policy whenever the Camden address sits on that edge.
• Barnet — the Barnet boundary runs against Camden, so a drawing package a street from Camden is decided by Barnet Council instead. Barnet runs 20 conservation areas across N2 and its neighbours, which is why drawing packages priced for Camden are re-checked against Barnet policy whenever the Camden address sits on that edge.
• Haringey — the Haringey boundary runs against Camden, so a drawing package a street from Camden is decided by Haringey Council instead. Haringey runs 29 conservation areas across N4 and its neighbours, which is why drawing packages priced for Camden are re-checked against Haringey policy whenever the Camden address sits on that edge.
• Brent — cross the Camden boundary and Brent Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 22 conservation areas of its own around NW2. We re-price drawing packages at the Camden edge because Brent policy and Camden policy rarely align on drawing package depth.

Sources for this Camden 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.