Pre-Application Drawing Pack

A comprehensive measured survey of the existing property and surrounding site, captured using modern surveying techniques to create an accurate digital twin. This forms the foundation for all subsequent drawings, ensuring the highest level of accuracy throughout the project.

• External building dimensions

• Internal room measurements

• Wall thicknesses

• Floor levels (where required)

• Window and door positions

• Ceiling heights

• Roof geometry

• Site features and boundaries

• Trees, walls and hard landscaping

A location plan showing where the property sits within the surrounding area. This drawing identifies the application site and is a mandatory requirement for most planning applications.

• Application site outlined in red

• Adjacent land (if required) outlined in blue

• Surrounding roads

• Neighbouring properties

• Nearby landmarks

• North point

• Ordnance Survey extract may attract additional fee

• Appropriate planning scale

A larger-scale plan showing the immediate surroundings of the property and how the site relates to neighbouring land.

• Property footprint

• Site boundaries

• Adjacent buildings

• Access points

• Parking areas

• Driveways

• Footpaths

• Trees and significant landscape features

An accurate plan showing the property and site exactly as it exists today.

• Existing building footprint

• Boundary positions

• Driveways and parking

• Hardstanding

• Paths

• Walls and fences

• Trees and landscaping

• Existing outbuildings

• External levels (where required)

Illustrates how the site will appear following the proposed development, clearly identifying all external alterations.

• Proposed building footprint

• Extensions

• New parking arrangements

• Landscaping proposals

• Boundary treatments

• Paths and access

• External amenity spaces

• Bin and cycle storage (where required)

• Site annotations

Detailed plans showing the current internal arrangement of every floor within the property.

• Room layouts

• Internal walls

• Doors and windows

• Staircases

• Principal dimensions

• Floor levels

Plans illustrating the new internal layout following the proposed works, clearly identifying all alterations.

• New room layouts

• Structural alterations

• New doors and windows

• Extensions

• Stair alterations

• Kitchen and bathroom layouts (indicative)

• Principal dimensions

• Planning annotations

Orthographic views showing the external appearance of the property before any works are carried out.

• Front elevation

• Rear elevation

• Side elevations

• Existing external materials

• Windows and doors

• Roof profile

• Existing ground levels

• Principal dimensions

External views illustrating how the property will appear once the proposed development has been completed.

• Front elevation

• Rear elevation

• Side elevations

• Proposed materials and finishes

• New windows and doors

• Roof alterations

A plan view of the existing roof arrangement showing its current form and features.

• Roof shape

• Ridge and valley lines

• Roof pitches

• Chimneys

• Rooflights

• Dormers

• Gutters (where required)

• Existing roof coverings

A roof plan illustrating all proposed alterations to the roof following development.

• New roof configuration

• Roof extensions

• Rooflights

• Dormers

• Solar panels (where applicable)

• Chimneys

• Ridge and valley lines

• Roof materials

• Rainwater goods (where required)

Every planning drawing produced by JPM Drafting is prepared to communicate information clearly, accurately and efficiently. Each drawing package is produced to a consistent professional standard and is:

• Based on an accurate measured survey

• Drawn to recognised UK planning scales

• Clear, legible and easy to interpret

• Correctly titled, referenced and dimensioned

• Consistent throughout the complete drawing set

• Fully coordinated across all plans, elevations and site drawings

• Suitable for submission to UK Local Planning Authorities

Clear, well-presented planning drawings give planning officers confidence in a proposal, helping to reduce delays caused by missing, inconsistent or unclear information. JPM Drafting combines accurate measured surveys, professional CAD drafting and advanced 3D modelling to produce planning drawing packages that are both technically robust and easy to understand.