The City of London: 616 listed buildings and 28 conservation areas on the national register. The City of London decided 5 householder applications, 2023 Q2 to 2026 Q1 -- too few to quote a rate. MCIAT-chartered.
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Every City of London postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a drawing package there. City of London fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not drawing package estimates.
| Postcode | Area | Dominant stock | What it means for a drawing package |
|---|---|---|---|
| EC1A | Smithfield | Mostly commercial, residential lofts | EC1A covers Smithfield only; City of London Corporation handles the drawing package. |
| EC2Y | Barbican | Listed Brutalist apartments (Barbican Estate) | Barbican sits wholly inside EC2Y, so City of London Corporation validates every drawing package submitted from an EC2Y address. |
| EC3N | Tower Hill / Aldgate | Very limited residential — Barbican Estate (listed post-war) | EC3N covers Tower Hill / Aldgate only; City of London Corporation handles the drawing package. |
| EC4M | St Paul's | Mostly commercial, listed residential | St Paul's sits wholly inside EC4M, so City of London Corporation validates every drawing package submitted from an EC4M address. |
| EC4V | Blackfriars | Very limited residential — Barbican Estate (listed post-war) | A drawing package at an EC4V address in Blackfriars is determined by City of London Corporation under its own Local Plan policies for Blackfriars. |
| EC4Y | Temple | Very limited residential — Barbican Estate (listed post-war) | Temple sits wholly inside EC4Y, so City of London Corporation validates every drawing package submitted from an EC4Y address. |
| EC2A | Shoreditch | Warehouse conversions, modern infill | A drawing package in Shoreditch may land with Hackney Council or City of London Corporation — EC2A crosses the boundary, and the EC2A policies map decides it street by street. |
Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few City of London streets, and each one changes what a drawing package can achieve at that address.
How designation changes a City of London drawing package: City of London Corporation maintains 27 conservation areas, including Smithfield, Fleet Street, Whitefriars. Inside any of them a City of London drawing package cannot rely on permitted development, and the route becomes a £548 householder application determined in 8 weeks rather than a £249 prior approval in 6 weeks. Whitefriars sets the tone for City of London casework.
City of London and Article 4: Multiple Article 4 Directions around office-to-residential, demolition, and shopfront changes. A drawing package planned at a EC1A address is checked against that direction first; City of London Corporation publishes the City of London extent, and the EC1A line rarely follows the City of London boundary you would expect.
City of London housing stock: Very limited residential — Barbican Estate (listed post-war), Golden Lane Estate, modern luxury flats; overwhelmingly commercial. Overwhelmingly commercial; residential planning extremely constrained; listed building density the highest of any London borough. Read that before choosing a drawing package route in City of London — construction, not postcode, sets what is achievable.
Sources for this City of London 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.
