What Southwark clients say

Where in Southwark does a drawing package actually get determined?

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

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

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

• Rotherhithe (SE16) — a drawing package in Rotherhithe starts from warehouse conversions, post-war estates, new-build, and Rotherhithe reads as warehouse conversions, riverside. in SE16. Southwark Council assesses Rotherhithe drawing packages against its own Rotherhithe character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Rotherhithe references Surrey Quays.
• Elephant and Castle (SE1, SE17) — regenerated quarter, modernist origins defines Elephant and Castle, where post-war estates, new-build towers set what a drawing package can do. across SE1. Any Elephant and Castle drawing package is validated by Southwark Council, with Elephant and Castle station the usual Elephant and Castle reference point on the site plan.
• Nunhead (SE15) — drawing package work in Nunhead means victorian terraces. Nunhead is Victorian terraces around the cemetery. throughout SE15. Southwark Council decides the Nunhead application, and Nunhead Cemetery anchors the Nunhead location plan.
• Bermondsey (SE1, SE16) — a drawing package in Bermondsey starts from warehouse conversions, georgian terraces, new-build, and Bermondsey reads as warehouse conversions, Georgian fragments. in SE1. Southwark Council assesses Bermondsey drawing packages against its own Bermondsey character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Bermondsey references Bermondsey Street.
• Borough (SE1) — drawing package work in Borough means georgian and victorian terraces, warehouse conversions. Borough is Georgian and Victorian terraces, market quarter. throughout SE1. Southwark Council decides the Borough application, and Borough Market anchors the Borough location plan.
• Camberwell (SE5) — a drawing package in Camberwell starts from georgian villas, victorian terraces, and Camberwell reads as Georgian villas, Victorian terraces. in SE5. Southwark Council assesses Camberwell drawing packages against its own Camberwell character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Camberwell references Camberwell Green.
• Peckham (SE15) — drawing package work in Peckham means victorian terraces, post-war estates. Peckham is Victorian terraces, creative renewal. throughout SE15. Southwark Council decides the Peckham application, and Peckham Rye anchors the Peckham location plan.

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

Conservation areas covering Southwark: Southwark Council runs 43, and Peckham Rye, Borough, Camberwell Grove are the ones Southwark owners meet most. A drawing package inside a Southwark conservation area loses permitted development, so the Southwark submission is a householder application at £548 decided in 8 weeks — not a £249 prior approval decided in 6 weeks. In Bermondsey Street a drawing package is judged on the street elevation first.

What Article 4 removes near Southwark: Article 4 for HMOs borough-wide; additional Article 4 for office-to-residential in Bermondsey and Elephant & Castle. Before pricing a drawing package we check whether the SE1 address is inside the mapped area, because Southwark Council draws the Southwark boundary street by street rather than across the whole of Southwark.

Southwark housing stock: Georgian and Regency in Bermondsey and Borough; Victorian terraces in Camberwell and Peckham; Dulwich Estate controlled housing; riverside new-build. Dulwich Estate private planning scheme affects much of SE21 and SE22; Southwark planning for rest of borough; strong heritage context. Read that before choosing a drawing package route in Southwark — construction, not postcode, sets what is achievable.

Who decides a drawing package on the edge of Southwark?

• Tower Hamlets — the Tower Hamlets boundary runs against Southwark, so a drawing package a street from Southwark is decided by Tower Hamlets Council instead. Tower Hamlets runs 58 conservation areas across E1 and its neighbours, which is why drawing packages priced for Southwark are re-checked against Tower Hamlets policy whenever the Southwark address sits on that edge.
• City of London — adjoining Southwark, with 27 conservation areas centred on EC1. A drawing package on the far side of the Southwark line is determined by City of London Corporation, so the Southwark quote for drawing packages is checked against City of London guidance before it is issued.
• Lambeth — the Lambeth boundary runs against Southwark, so a drawing package a street from Southwark is decided by Lambeth Council instead. Lambeth runs 64 conservation areas across SE1 and its neighbours, which is why drawing packages priced for Southwark are re-checked against Lambeth policy whenever the Southwark address sits on that edge.
• Lewisham — cross the Southwark boundary and Lewisham Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 30 conservation areas of its own around SE3. We re-price drawing packages at the Southwark edge because Lewisham policy and Southwark policy rarely align on drawing package depth.

Sources for this Southwark 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.