Architectural Drawings London vs Resi

What does a fixed fee actually cover?

The drawings and the submission, agreed before work starts. What it never covers is the council's fee, which is statutory and identical everywhere in England: £548 for a householder application, £274 for a lawful development certificate, £249 for prior approval.

Sources: our own published fixed fees, and the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) (England) Regulations 2012 as amended, 2026 rates, retrieved 1 September 2026. Statutory fees do not vary between boroughs. Mandatory fee scales for architects were abolished in 1982, so any percentage quoted anywhere is a market convention rather than a published rate.

How does Resi work?

An online-first residential architecture service, working largely remotely with a survey visit, and offering packaged stages for planning and building regulations.

Where that model is strong: Packaged stages and an online portal make progress visible, and remote working keeps overheads down.

What to establish before you commit: Ask what the survey covers and to what accuracy, whether structural calculations are included, and who attends if the council requests changes.

What do we publish?

Every figure below is on our pricing page and does not change with the size of your build. We do not quote a percentage of build cost, because it gives a designer an interest in a larger build.

What should you ask Resi — and us?

The same ten questions work on either side, and the answers are what actually separate one quote from another.

• Which drawings does Resi include — existing, proposed, sections, elevations, a 1:1250 location plan and a 1:500 site plan?
• If the case officer asks for an amendment during the eight-week determination, does Resi charge for it?
• Are building regulations drawings inside the Resi quote, or a separate later stage?
• Does Resi include structural calculations, subcontract them, or exclude them?
• Who serves the party wall notices on a Resi project, and is the adjoining owner's surveyor fee budgeted?
• Who is the named individual at Resi doing the work, and are they on the CIAT or ARB register?
• What professional indemnity limit does Resi carry?
• If the application is refused, does Resi include the revised resubmission?
• Who owns the drawings Resi produces, and can you take them to another contractor?

What costs the same whoever you appoint?

Statutory fees go to the council, not the designer, and they are set nationally for England. No practice can discount them, so they should appear in every budget identically.

We publish this comparison because homeowners ask for it. We describe Resi by its business model rather than asserting its current fees or performance — ask them directly and compare the answers against ours. Statutory figures are the England rates in force in 2026 under the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) (England) Regulations.