What Lewisham clients say

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

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

Which Lewisham neighbourhoods suit a drawing package best?

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

• Lewisham (SE13) — Victorian terraces, post-war centre defines Lewisham, where victorian terraces, post-war flats set what a drawing package can do. across SE13. Any Lewisham drawing package is validated by Lewisham Council, with Lewisham station the usual Lewisham reference point on the site plan.
• Blackheath (SE3) — Georgian and Victorian villas around the heath defines Blackheath, where georgian villas, victorian terraces set what a drawing package can do. across SE3. Any Blackheath drawing package is validated by Lewisham Council, with Blackheath the usual Blackheath reference point on the site plan.
• Catford (SE6) — a drawing package in Catford starts from 1930s semi-detached, post-war flats, and Catford reads as 1930s semi-detached, post-war centre. in SE6. Lewisham Council assesses Catford drawing packages against its own Catford character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Catford references Catford Cat.
• Deptford (SE8) — drawing package work in Deptford means georgian terraces, post-war estates, new-build. Deptford is Georgian fragments, regenerating quarter. throughout SE8. Lewisham Council decides the Deptford application, and Deptford High Street anchors the Deptford location plan.
• Hither Green (SE13) — Edwardian terraces, 1930s semi-detached defines Hither Green, where edwardian terraces, 1930s semi-detached set what a drawing package can do. across SE13. Any Hither Green drawing package is validated by Lewisham Council, with Mountsfield Park the usual Hither Green reference point on the site plan.
• Sydenham (SE26) — drawing package work in Sydenham means victorian villas, edwardian terraces. Sydenham is Victorian villas, Edwardian terraces. throughout SE26. Lewisham Council decides the Sydenham application, and Sydenham Wells Park anchors the Sydenham location plan.
• Brockley (SE4) — a drawing package in Brockley starts from victorian and edwardian terraces, and Brockley reads as Victorian and Edwardian terraces. in SE4. Lewisham Council assesses Brockley drawing packages against its own Brockley character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Brockley references Brockley station.

How do conservation areas and Article 4 affect a drawing package in Lewisham?

How designation changes a Lewisham drawing package: Lewisham Council maintains 30 conservation areas, including Lee Green, Blackheath, Deptford High Street. Inside any of them a Lewisham 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. Blackheath sets the tone for Lewisham casework.

Article 4 and your Lewisham drawing package: Lewisham Council has made no borough-wide direction, so permitted development for a drawing package in Lewisham generally survives outside Lewisham conservation areas and listed curtilages. A Lawful Development Certificate at £274 is how a SE4 owner records that a drawing package was lawful.

Lewisham housing stock: Victorian and Edwardian terraces across Brockley, Honor Oak, Forest Hill; 1930s semi-detached in Catford and Hither Green; post-war mixed in Deptford. Generally permissive planning compared to central boroughs; loft conversions and side-return extensions routinely approved under PD. Read that before choosing a drawing package route in Lewisham — construction, not postcode, sets what is achievable.

What happens if a Lewisham property sits on a boundary?

• Southwark — adjoining Lewisham, with 43 conservation areas centred on SE1. A drawing package on the far side of the Lewisham line is determined by Southwark Council, so the Lewisham quote for drawing packages is checked against Southwark guidance before it is issued.
• Greenwich — the Greenwich boundary runs against Lewisham, so a drawing package a street from Lewisham is decided by Greenwich Council instead. Greenwich runs 20 conservation areas across SE3 and its neighbours, which is why drawing packages priced for Lewisham are re-checked against Greenwich policy whenever the Lewisham address sits on that edge.
• Bromley — cross the Lewisham boundary and Bromley Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 48 conservation areas of its own around BR1. We re-price drawing packages at the Lewisham edge because Bromley policy and Lewisham policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
• Tower Hamlets — cross the Lewisham boundary and Tower Hamlets Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 58 conservation areas of its own around E1. We re-price drawing packages at the Lewisham edge because Tower Hamlets policy and Lewisham policy rarely align on drawing package depth.

Sources for this Lewisham 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.