Building regulations drawings in Bexley

Building regulations drawings in Bexley: what the set contains

A typical Bexley set has foundation and ground-floor plans, first-floor and roof plans, sections through the new structure and a written specification. Junctions that go wrong on site, such as the new wall meeting the old, a level threshold or a flat-roof edge, are drawn at larger scale.

Beams, padstones and lintels on our sheets are coordinated with the structural engineer's figures, and our structural calculations in Bexley can supply those if you have no engineer. Drainage is drawn with falls and connections to the existing run, and each note names the Approved Document it answers to.

The sheets come from one Revit model, so plan, section and elevation agree with each other. That is what stops a builder pricing one thing while the examiner reads another.

From planning to building control

Planning and Building Regulations are separate applications. If your project needs planning permission, the design is settled first through planning drawings in Bexley, and the construction set then follows the approved scheme. Work that is permitted development still needs building control.

For decisions, the rule is plain: Building control body must decide a full plans application within 5 weeks, or longer if agreed in writing. We submit full plans, because a checked and decided set gives your builder certainty before the first trench is dug. A building notice suits only small, familiar jobs.

Bexley decided 877 householder planning applications in its latest published year and granted 94.6 per cent, with 99.4 per cent decided in time. Those figures are about planning, not building control, and they describe the past, not your house. We quote them only to show that householder work here moves steadily.

The energy rules that apply to your date

Energy is the part of the regulations that is changing. AD L 2026 (Home Energy Model) takes effect 24 Mar 2027 for non-higher-risk work. Until that date applications are made against the current edition of Approved Document L.

We design to whichever edition governs your submission and say so on the cover sheet. If your project needs an energy calculation, our SAP calculations in Bexley service is coordinated with the drawings so the insulation shown is the insulation assessed.

Price, timing and what we need from you

Building regulations drawings start at £845 with VAT included, fixed before you commit. Sheets normally follow the survey by about a week. A second chartered technologist checks every sheet before it goes out, and if the examiner asks for changes we revise at no charge.

Send us the planning decision or certificate if you have one, the survey, any earlier building control papers and your engineer's details. For the wider picture of the borough, see architectural drawings in Bexley, the full list of building regulations drawings in London, and neighbouring Dartford and Greenwich.