Planning drawings in Barking and Dagenham
Planning drawings for a Barking and Dagenham home start with a location plan at 1:1250 or 1:2500 and the existing and proposed plans, and about a third of cases are not granted: the council granted 66% of the 388 householder decisions it made in the latest four quarters of published data. DrawingsDirect draws planning sets from £745.
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What goes in the set
National planning practice guidance says a location plan should typically be drawn at 1:1250 or 1:2500, as set out in its Making an application section. Around it sit a block plan, the existing and proposed floor plans and elevations, and the sections that show how the extension meets the ground and the roof.
Plans must be drawn to an identified scale and show north, and the location plan needs the site edged in red. A set that misses one of these can be returned before the application starts.
What a 66% grant rate means
Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (released 24 Sep 2026) shows Barking and Dagenham granted 66% of 388 householder decisions between 2025 Q3 and 2026 Q2. A real share of cases did not succeed, so the design and the drawings need to answer the officer's likely objections before they are raised.
The same analysis finds every householder decision without a prior approval came inside 8 weeks, the statutory period for an application that is not major development under article 34 of the Development Management Procedure Order.
The householder application fee you pay the council is £548 from 1 April 2026.
Appeals in the borough
Our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026, Casework Database 2609) counts 166 householder appeals decided for the borough between 2021 and 2026, and 30% were allowed.
Most appeals fail, so revising the scheme with the case officer is usually a better first move than lodging an appeal.
Conservation areas
Our analysis of the MHCLG Planning Data Platform conservation-area dataset (bulk snapshot retrieved 14 Aug 2026) finds 4 conservation-area entries for Barking and Dagenham on the national register. Check your address on the council's conservation area map before assuming permitted development applies.
Cost and next steps
Our planning drawings start at £745. The householder application fee you pay the council is £548 from 1 April 2026.
Browse our planning drawings overview, the Barking and Dagenham floor plans page, or our architectural drawings page if you also need a full design set.
Sources
Every figure on this page, where it comes from and a link to the original.
| Figure | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 388 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 66% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 100% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 166 | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 30% | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 4 | Our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform conservation-area and article-4-direction datasets (bulk snapshot retrieved 14 Aug 2026) | www.planning.data.gov.uk |
| 8 weeks | DMPO 2015 art 34(2)(b): decision period for an application that is not major development (source wording: 8 weeks beginning with the day immediately following receipt) | www.legislation.gov.uk |
| £548 | Statutory fee from 1 April 2026, SI 2012/2920 Sch 1 Pt 2 category 6(1): householder application for alterations or extensions to a single dwellinghouse | assets.publishing.service.gov.uk |
| 1:1250 | Planning practice guidance, Making an application, paragraph 024 (ID 14-024-20140306): location plan scale should typically be 1:1250 or 1:2500 | www.gov.uk |
| £745 | DrawingsDirect starting fixed fee for planning drawings, from the published price list | drawingsdirect.co.uk |
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