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Free Barking and Dagenham permitted development checker
Could your home project use permitted development? Start with your full address and tell us what you want to build.
You do not need to know the planning route before you start. The check uses available public records and your project details to provide guidance, not a council decision.
About the planning data
Checked against 20.6 million UK planning applications on file across 420 planning authorities. Approval rates from 2,343,419 decisions we classified across 181 councils in England.
What are you checking?
Whether your proposed work may qualify for permitted development, needs a prior approval process or requires a planning application. The property and the complete proposal matter, including earlier additions and conditions on previous permissions.
Read how prior approval works and how planning timescales differ by route.
A postcode locates an area; it cannot establish rights for a particular house. Use your full property address in the checker.
Find guidance for your project
- Rear extensions and larger home extensions
- Side and wraparound extensions
- Loft conversions and dormers
- Garden rooms and outbuildings
- Garage conversions
- Porches
- Two-storey extensions
- Basements
For development beyond a home improvement, read our new build and change of use guides. Those projects have different eligibility tests and need a project-specific assessment.
Local checks in Barking and Dagenham
Check the wording, map and effective date of any Article 4 direction, the property's planning conditions and whether designated land affects the relevant right. A restriction on one type of work does not automatically prohibit every alteration.
Use these resources for Barking and Dagenham. Confirm the authority for your address if you are close to a boundary or the area has changed council.
- Barking and Dagenham official website and planning information
- Search Barking and Dagenham planning applications and decision notices
- Barking and Dagenham planning authority boundary and source
- Find the planning authority for your postcode
We have not verified every local restriction for every address in Barking and Dagenham. Confirm property-specific details against the authority's current records before relying on permitted development.
Our Barking and Dagenham archive contains 3,834 classified home project decision records. Explore Barking and Dagenham decisions by project type. These records mix application routes: an approval rate is not a permitted development eligibility score. See the coverage and methodology.
Permitted development restrictions in Barking and Dagenham
The Becontree Estate page describes proposed Article 4 controls for porches and for side and roof alterations on corner blocks, intended for November 2026 subject to approval. Do not treat that future date as a restriction already in force; check the final directions and the property's existing controls.
- Becontree Estate design code and proposed Article 4 directions
- Barking and Dagenham conservation area maps and appraisals
- Full planning validation checklist (February 2026, PDF)
- Barking and Dagenham adopted development plan
Sources reviewed . Check the source maps, wording and effective dates against your property and proposed work.
What reviewed local decisions show
These examples use official planning records. Each identifies the decision date and links to the evidence reviewed. They are not Planning Approvals projects or a prediction for another property.
74 Beccles Drive: a PD fallback did not justify the larger scheme
23/01591/HSE · APP/Z5060/D/24/3337100 · Appeal dismissed, 5 April 2024
The inspector accepted that a separate six-metre single-storey rear extension was a realistic fallback following a prior-approval decision. The appealed scheme also included first-floor work and different roof forms. Its combined effect with earlier extensions was judged harmful.
What to check: Compare the actual fallback drawings with the proposed scheme. Acceptance of a single-storey PD route does not establish permission for added upper floors or a different overall design.
Read the appeal decision (PDF)
Related guidance: Prior approval · Two-storey extensions
Check the planning register for the issued notice, exact conditions and any later appeal or revised application. A committee resolution is not a substitute for those documents.
Certificate records to investigate
We do not have a suitable certificate excerpt to display here. Use the council register to look up your address and comparable projects.
A certificate concerns the lawfulness of the scheme described. Another property's certificate does not establish your permitted development rights. Read the archive's coverage and limitations.
Do you need a permitted development certificate?
A proposed lawful development certificate gives formal confirmation that the development described is lawful. It is optional and is different from prior approval or a planning application. Read our lawful development certificate guide.
The free check does not grant permission or replace a certificate. Check official certificate guidance and the government's explanation of planning routes.