Planning permission in Stratford, E15
Planning permission for a home at an E15 postcode, such as E15 3QP, is in most cases decided by Newham Council, which granted 87% of its 388 householder decisions in the latest four quarters. The council fee is £548. DrawingsDirect, MCIAT chartered architectural technologists, prepares the drawings and application from £745.
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Searching by postcode: what E15 tells you
If you arrived here by typing a full postcode, the useful fact is the council behind it. Most homes under an E15 postcode are in Newham, so that is where the application is sent. Postcode districts do not follow borough boundaries exactly, so confirm yours. Check the postcode on Newham's own planning search to see applications already made near you.
Looking at nearby cases shows what the council has accepted on similar houses. Our wider planning permission in Newham page gives the borough picture.
What Newham decided across a year
Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (released 24 Sep 2026), counts 388 householder decisions in Newham across 2025 Q3 to 2026 Q2, prior approvals included, and 87% were granted. For all application types the council made 978 decisions.
Excluding prior approvals, 95% of householder decisions were made within 8 weeks, the period set by article 34 of the Development Management Procedure Order for an application that is not major development.
The MHCLG Planning Data Platform lists 9 entries on the national register of conservation areas for Newham (our analysis of its bulk snapshot retrieved 19 Oct 2026), so consult the council's map for your street.
The validation checklist before the clock starts
Newham Council has a local validation checklist, which is a common search for people preparing an application here. An application that lacks a required document is not validated, and the decision period does not start until it is. Our planning drawings in Newham page lists what we put in each submission.
The government's guidance on making an application is the national baseline, and it says a Design and Access Statement is required for major development, some development in conservation areas and listed building consent applications.
Conservation entries and appeal outcomes
The MHCLG Planning Data Platform lists 9 entries on the national register of conservation areas for Newham (our analysis of its bulk snapshot retrieved 19 Oct 2026), so consult the council's map for your street. Our analysis of the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026) covers 92 householder appeals decided for Newham from 2021 to 2026, with 33% allowed; across all types 24% were allowed. See the appeals guide for how the process works.
What an E15 application costs in total
The council charges £548 for a householder application from 1 April 2026. Our fixed fee for householder planning drawings, including the survey, drawings, design statement and submission, starts at £745; see pricing. If you first need the house measured, our Stratford floor plans page explains that step.
Sources
Every figure on this page, where it comes from and a link to the original.
| Figure | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| £745 | DrawingsDirect starting fixed fee for householder planning drawings (survey, drawings, design statement, submission), from the published price list | drawingsdirect.co.uk |
| £548 | Fees for planning applications in England from 1 April 2026 (MHCLG, SI 2012/2920 as annually indexed), category 6(1): householder application for the enlargement, improvement or alteration of a single dwellinghouse (source wording: £548) | assets.publishing.service.gov.uk |
| Design and Access Statement | Planning practice guidance, Making an application, paragraph 030: a Design and Access Statement is required for major development, some development in conservation areas and World Heritage Sites, and listed building consent applications | www.gov.uk |
| 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 |
| 87% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 95% | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 92 | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 33% | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.gov.uk |
| 9 | Our analysis of MHCLG Planning Data Platform conservation-area and article-4-direction datasets (bulk snapshot retrieved 19 Oct 2026) | www.planning.data.gov.uk |
| 978 | Our analysis of MHCLG planning application statistics, table PS2 (district open data table) (released 24 Sep 2026, quarters to 2026 Q2) | www.gov.uk |
| 24% | Our analysis of Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (released 1 Oct 2026 (Casework Database 2609)) | www.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 that on which the application is received") | www.legislation.gov.uk |
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