Topographical Survey Greenwich, London
This page is a placeholder for an upcoming icelabz guide to topographical surveys in the Royal Borough of Greenwich (SE3, SE7, SE8, SE9, SE10, SE18 postcodes). The guide is in production and will cover:
- The Greenwich planning context (Greenwich is part of the Royal Borough, with significant World Heritage Site constraints, conservation areas, and Thames-side considerations).
- The typical Greenwich topographical survey scope (levels, buildings, boundaries, trees, drainage, OS reference).
- The accuracy bands to specify for a Greenwich project.
- The 2026 cost bands for a Greenwich topographical survey.
- The icelabz Greenwich topographical survey service.
The full guide will be added to this page when published. Until then, the page is marked as draft and excluded from the icelabz sitemap.
Topographical Surveys in the Royal Borough of Greenwich
The Royal Borough of Greenwich covers the SE3, SE7, SE8, SE9, SE10, and SE18 postcode areas, with significant World Heritage Site constraints (the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site), conservation areas (Greenwich, Blackheath, Woolwich, and parts of Eltham), and Thames-side considerations (the Thames-side areas are subject to the Environment Agency flood zone, with the flood risk assessment required for any planning application). The typical Greenwich topographical survey scope is levels (a grid of spot heights across the site, with the grid spacing, suitable for the planning application, the design development, and the construction), buildings (the footprints with heights, suitable for the planning application, the design development, and the construction), boundaries (the physical and legal boundary, suitable for the Land Registry submission, the party wall award, and the planning application), trees (the tree positions with species and spread, suitable for the arboriculturist input and the BS 5837 tree survey if commissioned), drainage (the visible drainage features, with cover and invert levels where accessible, suitable for the drainage design and the Thames Water approval), and OS reference (OS National Grid coordinates, with the coordinate system, suitable for the planning application, the design coordination, and the construction). The accuracy bands to specify for a Greenwich project are: small residential plot (plus or minus 25 mm), medium residential plot (plus or minus 25 mm), commercial plot (plus or minus 10 mm), heritage work (plus or minus 5 mm), and high-rise or complex geometry (plus or minus 5 mm with a registered point cloud). The 2026 cost bands are small residential plot under 0.1 ha (595 to 800 pounds ex VAT), medium plot 0.1 to 0.5 ha (800 to 1,200 pounds ex VAT), large or complex site 0.5 to 2 ha (1,200 to 2,500 pounds ex VAT), and complex site over 2 ha (2,500 to 5,000+ pounds ex VAT). icelabz responds to a Greenwich topographical survey brief within twenty-four hours with a fixed-fee quote, with the on-site attendance typically scheduled within five to ten working days of instruction subject to access to the site and any required traffic management, road space bookings, or coordination with the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The OS National Grid with Ordnance Datum Newlyn heights is the UK convention, with EPSG:27700. A signed accuracy statement is the QA evidence for downstream design, planning, and building control use, and all icelabz Greenwich topographical surveys are issued under the RICS Measured Surveys of Land, Buildings and Utilities standard (3rd edition). The full guide will be added to this page when published. Until then, the page is marked as draft and excluded from the icelabz sitemap.