Floor plans in Barking and Dagenham

Barking, Dagenham and the council behind both

Both towns, and the districts around them, sit in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, which residents shorten to LBBD. The same council decides householder applications on both sides of the borough, so one set of figures applies whether you live near Barking station or in Dagenham.

Searches here often pair floor plans with planning drawings. They are linked but separate. A floor plan records or proposes the layout. A planning drawing set adds the elevations, sections and plans the council needs to validate an application, covered on our planning drawings in Barking and Dagenham page.

LBBD planning figures

LBBD made 388 householder decisions in the four quarters to 2026 Q2, and 10% of them were prior approvals (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2).

All householder decisions that were not prior approvals in that period were made within eight weeks, which is 100% of them (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2).

Of the householder appeals decided against the council since 2021, 30% were allowed (our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database).

The council decided 688 certificates of lawful development over the eight quarters to 2026 Q2 (our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS1). The lawful development certificate entry explains when one is useful.

The national registers hold 4 conservation-area entries and 3 article 4 direction entries for Barking and Dagenham (our analysis of the MHCLG Planning Data Platform conservation-area and article-4-direction datasets). Registers vary in how fully councils supply them, so check Barking and Dagenham's conservation area map, or ask the council, before you rely on a count.