Loft conversion drawings in Redbridge from £625
Ilford, Wanstead, Woodford, Barkingside and Gants Hill: we draw to Redbridge’s April 2024 validation list and check for an Article 4 direction on your street.
£625 £475 drawings + £150 survey (£625 total), no VAT to add
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The short answer
Redbridge’s validation list asks for a roof plan and a fire statement on every application that changes a roof, and a householder can meet the fire item with a short Reasonable Exception Statement in a covering letter. In the Aldersbrook and Lake House Conservation Area the 2020 Article 4 direction withdraws the right to alter a roof, rooflights and re-roofing included. Our fee is £475 drawings + £150 survey (£625 total), no VAT to add; the council’s fee is separate.
Loft conversion drawings
from £625
- Drawings
- £475
- Measured survey
- £150
- Total you pay
- £625
- VAT
- None to add
- A measured survey of the roof, the stair and the landing below
- A check of your address against Redbridge’s Article 4 directions and 16 conservation areas
- Existing and proposed floor plans, a roof plan, elevations and sections at 1:50 or 1:100, with the scale stated on each
- A Reasonable Exception Statement for fire safety, written as the covering letter the list allows for householders
- Submission to Redbridge, an independent check of every sheet and free redraws until approval
£475 drawings + £150 survey (£625 total). A starting fee: we confirm one fixed figure after checking your address. The council’s own fee, where there is one, is paid to the council.
Get my fixed feeHow a Redbridge loft job runs
Address check
We look up your road against the list of Article 4 directions, in particular Aldersbrook and Lake House and the Bungalow Estate.
Survey
We measure the roof, stair and floors below, and photograph the roof, the street and the neighbouring roofs.
Draw to the list
Plans, roof plan, elevations and sections at stated scales, with existing and proposed elevations side by side where possible.
Submit and follow
We submit with the fire statement, answer the case officer and redraw as needed until a decision.
Aldersbrook and Lake House: roofs and rooflights need permission
Redbridge made an immediate Article 4 direction for the Aldersbrook and Lake House Conservation Area on 28 October 2020. It withdraws, among other rights, the enlargement or alteration of a dwellinghouse, the replacement of windows and “any other alteration to the roof of a dwellinghouse”, expressly including rooflights and replacing roof coverings.
For example, an owner in that area who wants only two conservation rooflights in the back slope would still need an application. The council’s page lists further directions for the Bungalow Estate conservation area and for single sites, so we check the street before we quote.
What Redbridge’s April 2024 list asks for
The list shows a roof plan, sections and site levels for all applications except changes of use with no external work, and a fire statement for all applications that involve changes to roofs. For non-major schemes including householder ones, the fire item is either a Planning Fire Safety Strategy or a Reasonable Exception Statement, and householders only can give the statement as a covering letter.
Drawings are at 1:50, 1:100 or 1:200 with the scale stated on the plan, and the list asks for existing and proposed elevations next to each other where possible. A design and access statement is needed where a conservation area scheme creates 100 square metres or more. Biodiversity net gain does not apply to householder applications.
Timing and CIL in Redbridge
The statutory period for a householder application is eight weeks from the day it is valid, and Redbridge’s record on that measure is in the figures below.
Redbridge charges a flat £70 per square metre of CIL across the borough, which becomes £125.56 for permissions granted in 2026 after indexation. Mayoral CIL is added in band 2. Liability generally begins at 100 square metres of new floor space, so a typical loft is outside it.
Loft conversions in Redbridge in numbers
680 of 706
Householder decisions by Redbridge Council between July 2025 and June 2026 (prior approvals left out) that were made inside 8 weeks.
Source: MHCLG live table PS2, district planning application statistics, July 2025 to June 2026 (GOV.UK)
April 2024
Date of Redbridge’s current Local and National Planning Application Requirement List.
Roof plan
Required for all applications except changes of use with no external changes; roofs must show shape and materials.
Fire statement
Required where an application changes a roof; householders can provide a Reasonable Exception Statement as a covering letter.
100 m²
New floor space in a conservation area from which Redbridge asks for a design and access statement.
16
Conservation areas in Redbridge, according to the council’s own page.
28 Oct 2020
Date of the immediate Article 4 direction for Aldersbrook and Lake House, removing the right to alter roofs, including rooflights.
£125.56
Redbridge CIL per square metre for permissions granted in 2026: a flat £70 with indexation, one charging area for all uses.
£72.73
Mayoral CIL per square metre for permissions granted in 2026 in Redbridge, which is in band 2 (£60 when set in 2019). It applies only where CIL is due at all.
Source: Mayoral CIL: Annual CIL Rate Summary 2026 (London.gov.uk)
Questions about loft conversions in Redbridge
Do I need a fire statement for a loft in Redbridge?
Yes, the list asks for one where a roof changes. A householder can give a Reasonable Exception Statement as a covering letter, and we write it for you.
Can I add rooflights in Aldersbrook without permission?
No. The 2020 direction removes the right to alter a roof there, expressly including installing rooflights and replacing roof coverings.
Do I need a roof plan?
Redbridge asks for one on every application that involves roof changes, so a loft always includes it.
Do I pay CIL on a loft in Redbridge?
Usually not. Liability generally begins at 100 square metres of new floor space, and a loft inside the existing roof is normally well under that.
Find out what your Redbridge loft needs
Send the address and a photo of the back of the house. We reply with the route and a fixed fee, from £475 drawings + £150 survey (£625 total).