What Lambeth clients say

Which postcode districts around Lambeth do we cover for drawing package work?

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

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

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

• Waterloo (SE1) — drawing package work in Waterloo means georgian terraces, post-war flats, new-build. Waterloo is Georgian fragments, post-war estates, regen. throughout SE1. Lambeth Council decides the Waterloo application, and Southbank Centre anchors the Waterloo location plan.
• Clapham (SW4) — drawing package work in Clapham means victorian terraces, edwardian villas. Clapham is Victorian terraces around the common. throughout SW4. Lambeth Council decides the Clapham application, and Clapham Common anchors the Clapham location plan.
• Brixton (SW2, SW9) — a drawing package in Brixton starts from victorian terraces, post-war estates, and Brixton reads as Victorian terraces, vibrant centre. in SW2. Lambeth Council assesses Brixton drawing packages against its own Brixton character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Brixton references Brixton Market.
• Herne Hill (SE24) — a drawing package in Herne Hill starts from victorian villas, edwardian terraces, and Herne Hill reads as Victorian villas around Brockwell Park. in SE24. Lambeth Council assesses Herne Hill drawing packages against its own Herne Hill character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Herne Hill references Brockwell Park.
• Kennington (SE11) — Georgian terraces, Regency squares defines Kennington, where georgian terraces, post-war estates set what a drawing package can do. across SE11. Any Kennington drawing package is validated by Lambeth Council, with Kennington Park the usual Kennington reference point on the site plan.
• Streatham (SW16) — drawing package work in Streatham means edwardian terraces, post-war flats. Streatham is Edwardian terraces, post-war flats. throughout SW16. Lambeth Council decides the Streatham application, and Streatham High Road anchors the Streatham location plan.
• Stockwell (SW9) — a drawing package in Stockwell starts from victorian terraces, post-war estates, and Stockwell reads as Victorian terraces, post-war estates. in SW9. Lambeth Council assesses Stockwell drawing packages against its own Stockwell character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Stockwell references Stockwell station.

What local planning policy applies to a drawing package in Lambeth?

Conservation areas covering Lambeth: Lambeth Council runs 64, and Kennington, Brockwell Park, Streatham Hill are the ones Lambeth owners meet most. A drawing package inside a Lambeth conservation area loses permitted development, so the Lambeth submission is a householder application at £548 decided in 8 weeks — not a £249 prior approval decided in 6 weeks. In Clapham Common a drawing package is judged on the street elevation first.

Article 4 and your Lambeth drawing package: Borough-wide Article 4 for HMO conversions; plus office-to-residential restrictions. At a SE11 address that matters twice over, because Lambeth Council applies the direction unevenly across Lambeth — we read the Lambeth policies map for the exact SE11 address before quoting drawing packages.

Lambeth housing stock: Victorian terraces in Clapham, Brixton, Herne Hill; Edwardian villas; 1930s and post-war estates in parts of Streatham; Georgian in Kennington. Mix of dense Victorian residential and post-war estate; strong conservation area coverage; generally design-led planning decisions. Read that before choosing a drawing package route in Lambeth — construction, not postcode, sets what is achievable.

Who decides a drawing package on the edge of Lambeth?

• Wandsworth — the Wandsworth boundary runs against Lambeth, so a drawing package a street from Lambeth is decided by Wandsworth Council instead. Wandsworth runs 45 conservation areas across SW8 and its neighbours, which is why drawing packages priced for Lambeth are re-checked against Wandsworth policy whenever the Lambeth address sits on that edge.
• Croydon — the Croydon boundary runs against Lambeth, so a drawing package a street from Lambeth is decided by Croydon Council instead. Croydon runs 24 conservation areas across CR0 and its neighbours, which is why drawing packages priced for Lambeth are re-checked against Croydon policy whenever the Lambeth address sits on that edge.
• Merton — cross the Lambeth boundary and Merton Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 28 conservation areas of its own around SW16. We re-price drawing packages at the Lambeth edge because Merton policy and Lambeth policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
• Westminster — adjoining Lambeth, with 56 conservation areas centred on SW1. A drawing package on the far side of the Lambeth line is determined by Westminster City Council, so the Lambeth quote for drawing packages is checked against Westminster guidance before it is issued.

Sources for this Lambeth 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.