Drone surveys, London

Drone surveys across London.

Commercial drone capture for Greater London / South East England. CAA enhanced permissions, surveyor-led delivery, every project hosted on AIM Platform. From London city-centre roof inspections to estate-wide thermal surveys.

Local airspace

London airspace, live.

London is the most complex drone airspace in the UK. Heathrow CTR covers most of west London with 6km Flight Restriction Zones around Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and London City airports. Network Rail manages every mainline station; Met Police, Royal Parks and individual London boroughs each have their own filming and overflight processes. Most of central London also sits within Film London's licensing area.

Live flight restrictions and airspace zones around London
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Heathrow CTR 5x airport FRZs Network Rail Royal Parks Met Police Film London

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Where London clients send us

Common London project types.

Heritage estates, listed buildings, commercial property, mixed-use developments, infrastructure projects, insurance loss adjustment, Crossrail / HS2 corridors, prime residential.

Why London firms use us

Permissions that match the airspace.

London is the most complex drone airspace in the country. We hold the enhanced CAA permissions needed to fly closer to people and property than standard PDRA-01, plus the operational track record to coordinate with the Met, Network Rail and the Royal Parks for sensitive jobs.

Services in London

What we capture across the London area.

Local clients we work with

Public-sector and housing-association coverage.

Around London, our project pipeline regularly takes us across local authority and housing-association estates. We deliver scaffold-free roof inspections, retrofit thermography, condition surveys and BREEAM-grade thermal capture for organisations including:

Local authorities

  • GLA
  • City of London Corporation
  • Westminster
  • Camden
  • Islington
  • Hackney
  • Lambeth
  • Southwark
  • Tower Hamlets

Housing associations & estates

  • L&Q
  • Peabody Trust
  • Notting Hill Genesis
  • Clarion
  • A2Dominion
  • Network Homes
  • Catalyst
  • Optivo (Southern Housing)

Organisation names are common sector-active examples in the region. Specific client engagements are confirmed under NDA on request.

Permissions matter

Approved for business locations, airports, FRZs and restricted areas.

Most of the sites we're asked to fly, live commercial premises, near airports, inside Flight Restriction Zones, around Network Rail corridors, military air bases and Royal estates, require enhanced CAA permissions, prior notification, and an operator with the track record to coordinate with the relevant authority. We hold and operate under those permissions every day. If you've been told "no" elsewhere, our route to flying it is almost certainly already in place.

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London captures, on AIM Platform.

Every London project we capture is hosted on AIM Platform, the asset-information software used by surveyors, councils and contractors across the UK. Browser-streamable. Measurable in place. Shareable with one link.

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