What Tower Hamlets clients say

Which Tower Hamlets postcodes does this drawing package service cover?

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

How does a drawing package differ street by street across Tower Hamlets?

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

• Canary Wharf (E14) — drawing package work in Canary Wharf means modern apartments. Canary Wharf is modern high-density towers. throughout E14. Tower Hamlets Council decides the Canary Wharf application, and One Canada Square anchors the Canary Wharf location plan.
• Limehouse (E14) — drawing package work in Limehouse means georgian and victorian terraces, warehouse conversions. Limehouse is Georgian and Victorian terraces, dockside. throughout E14. Tower Hamlets Council decides the Limehouse application, and Limehouse Basin anchors the Limehouse location plan.
• Poplar (E14) — a drawing package in Poplar starts from post-war estates, new-build, and Poplar reads as post-war estates, regen. in E14. Tower Hamlets Council assesses Poplar drawing packages against its own Poplar character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Poplar references Robin Hood Gardens (former).
• Shadwell (E1) — Georgian fragments, post-war estates defines Shadwell, where georgian fragments, post-war estates set what a drawing package can do. across E1. Any Shadwell drawing package is validated by Tower Hamlets Council, with Shadwell station the usual Shadwell reference point on the site plan.
• Stepney (E1) — drawing package work in Stepney means victorian terraces, post-war estates. Stepney is Victorian terraces, post-war estates. throughout E1. Tower Hamlets Council decides the Stepney application, and St Dunstan's anchors the Stepney location plan.
• Spitalfields (E1) — a drawing package in Spitalfields starts from georgian listed townhouses, and Spitalfields reads as Georgian listed townhouses, market quarter. in E1. Tower Hamlets Council assesses Spitalfields drawing packages against its own Spitalfields character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Spitalfields references Old Spitalfields Market.
• Whitechapel (E1) — drawing package work in Whitechapel means victorian terraces, post-war estates, new-build. Whitechapel is Victorian terraces, mixed. throughout E1. Tower Hamlets Council decides the Whitechapel application, and Whitechapel Gallery anchors the Whitechapel location plan.

Does Tower Hamlets planning policy restrict a drawing package?

How designation changes a Tower Hamlets drawing package: Tower Hamlets Council maintains 58 conservation areas, including Spitalfields, Whitechapel Market, Fournier Street. Inside any of them a Tower Hamlets 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. Wapping Pierhead sets the tone for Tower Hamlets casework.

Article 4 and your Tower Hamlets drawing package: Article 4 for HMOs borough-wide; additional Article 4 covering office-to-residential in Canary Wharf and City Fringe. At a E1 address that matters twice over, because Tower Hamlets Council applies the direction unevenly across Tower Hamlets — we read the Tower Hamlets policies map for the exact E1 address before quoting drawing packages.

The building fabric around Tower Hamlets: Georgian in Spitalfields and Wapping; Victorian industrial conversions; extensive post-war social housing; modern high-density towers in Canary Wharf and Aldgate. High heritage value in pockets (Spitalfields, Wapping), mixed with substantial regeneration areas; active planning committee. A drawing package in Tower Hamlets is scoped against that stock first.

Which neighbouring authorities border Tower Hamlets?

• Southwark — cross the Tower Hamlets boundary and Southwark Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 43 conservation areas of its own around SE1. We re-price drawing packages at the Tower Hamlets edge because Southwark policy and Tower Hamlets policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
• Greenwich — adjoining Tower Hamlets, with 20 conservation areas centred on SE3. A drawing package on the far side of the Tower Hamlets line is determined by Greenwich Council, so the Tower Hamlets quote for drawing packages is checked against Greenwich guidance before it is issued.
• Hackney — adjoining Tower Hamlets, with 29 conservation areas centred on E2. A drawing package on the far side of the Tower Hamlets line is determined by Hackney Council, so the Tower Hamlets quote for drawing packages is checked against Hackney guidance before it is issued.
• Newham — cross the Tower Hamlets boundary and Newham Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 10 conservation areas of its own around E6. We re-price drawing packages at the Tower Hamlets edge because Newham policy and Tower Hamlets policy rarely align on drawing package depth.

Sources for this Tower Hamlets 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.