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01Barking and Dagenham, London

Listed building consent for Barking and Dagenham houses

Becontree was built as a single estate, and the council guards it with a design code of its own, so a house there is read against estate rules whether or not it appears on the national list. Listing is a separate question, and for the few houses that are listed, consent comes before any work. We draw the house as it stands and the change as proposed, so the officer can see which rule is being applied to which wall.

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    02The brief

    Becontree: a code that applies without a list entry

    The council's Becontree Estate SPD and Design Code covers the estate as a whole. A planning application for a house inside it is judged against that code, so our sheets show the original porch, windows, roof line and front boundary, and mark every one the proposal touches.

    Estate rules do not stand in for consent, and consent does not stand in for them. A listed house on or near the estate needs both, which is why the free constraints check reads the list entry and the design code together.

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    Pencil resting on a dimensioned technical drawing beside a scale rule
    Photograph: Sven Mieke

    03The record

    Local figures for Barking and Dagenham

    Figures with their unit, period and source
    MeasureValuePeriodSource
    Proposals affecting heritage assets should describe significance, justify height, scale, massing and materials, and preserve setting.statement of significance requiredNo periodlbbd.gov.uk, Barking and Dagenham Local Plan 2020-2037 (adopted 2024), Policy DMD 4(4)(a)-(c), p.92
    NPPF Aug 2026, policy HE5(1)Proposals affecting heritage assets need an assessment of significance (including setting) proportionate to the asset's importanceNo periodgov.uk
    NPPF Aug 2026, policy HE6(1)Substantial weight to the conservation of designated heritage assetsNo periodgov.uk
    Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 s9(1), s9(4)Works without consent: up to 6 months' imprisonment or a fine on summary conviction; up to 2 years or a fine on indictmentNo periodlegislation.gov.uk
    Concessions: application types with no current fee - Listed Building Consent0 GBPNo periodribblevalley.gov.uk
    Listed building entries49 list entries (Historic England, within the LPA boundary)No periodplanning.data.gov.uk
    Grade I listed entries3 list entriesNo periodplanning.data.gov.uk
    Grade II* listed entries4 list entriesNo periodplanning.data.gov.uk
    Grade II listed entries39 list entriesNo periodplanning.data.gov.uk
    Heritage at Risk entries7 Heritage at Risk Register entries within the LPA boundary (Historic England)No periodplanning.data.gov.uk
    Conservation areas4 named conservation areas published by the councilNo periodplanning.data.gov.uk
    Listed building consent decisions (PS2)4 listed building consent decisions (to alter or extend)2025 Q2 to 2026 Q1 (1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2026)assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
    Listed building consents granted (PS2)100 % granted2025 Q2 to 2026 Q1 (1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2026)assets.publishing.service.gov.uk

    A blank value means the figure has not been published, not that there are none. Check your own address with the council.

    Barking and Dagenham4 neighbouring councils
    Councils bordering Barking and Dagenham

    04The streets

    Householder applications by street in Barking and Dagenham

    Streets in Barking and Dagenham with the most householder applications, and the share approved
    StreetApplicationsApproved
    Westrow Drive5162%
    Upney Lane3579%
    Beccles Drive3467%
    Lyndhurst Gardens2862%
    Blake Avenue2270%
    Western Avenue2250%
    Salisbury Avenue2174%
    Lichfield Road1956%
    Melford Avenue1975%
    Rugby Road1958%
    East Road1861%
    Fanshawe Crescent1871%
    Marston Avenue1872%
    Sandringham Road1871%
    Woodbridge Road1869%

    Counts of householder applications by street; no individual applications are shown. Streets with fewer than five applications are left out.

    GLA Planning London Datahub, householder applications

    05The drawing

    The listed building consent routeA, What the council weighs: Proposals affecting heritage assets need an assessment of significance (including setting) proportionate to the asset's importance. B, The weight given to conservation: Substantial weight to the conservation of designated heritage assets. C, Barking and Dagenham: consents decided: 4 listed building consent decisions (to alter or extend). D, Barking and Dagenham: consents granted: 100 % granted. E, Works without consent: Works without consent: up to 6 months' imprisonment or a fine on summary conviction; up to 2 years or a fine on indictmentSurvey and significanceHeritage statementDrawings and scheduleCouncil decisionABCDE

    The listed building consent route

    How works to a listed building are consented, from the first survey to the decision.

    A What the council weighs
    Proposals affecting heritage assets need an assessment of significance (including setting) proportionate to the asset's importance
    B The weight given to conservation
    Substantial weight to the conservation of designated heritage assets
    C Barking and Dagenham: consents decided
    4 listed building consent decisions (to alter or extend)
    D Barking and Dagenham: consents granted
    100 % granted
    E Works without consent
    Works without consent: up to 6 months' imprisonment or a fine on summary conviction; up to 2 years or a fine on indictment
    The listed house in its terrace3D
    Scroll the page: the model turns with it.

    06The detail

    Where listing does apply

    Historic England records 49 list entries in the borough, 3 of them Grade I, alongside 4 conservation areas and 3 Article 4 directions. The council decided 4 consent applications in its latest published year, too few to show a pattern.

    The Local Plan's test is brief. Our reading of it is "statement of significance required", with the proposal expected to justify its height, scale, massing and materials and to preserve setting. National policy sits underneath: Proposals affecting heritage assets need an assessment of significance (including setting) proportionate to the asset's importance. On weight, national policy says: Substantial weight to the conservation of designated heritage assets.

    Cost and the order of work

    The council makes no charge for the consent application, and the national fee table agrees. Our own fee is a fixed quote after the free check, because it follows how much of the house the proposal reaches.

    Order matters because the penalty attaches to the work. Works without consent: up to 6 months' imprisonment or a fine on summary conviction; up to 2 years or a fine on indictment. Consent comes first, then the build.

    A roof or a cellar at the same time

    A listed house with a roof or lower-floor proposal often needs a second application. A new roof form belongs with mansard roof drawings in Barking and Dagenham, and a lower floor with basement conversion drawings in Barking and Dagenham. The listed building consent drawings hub explains how the sets are prepared.

    Planning sheet for a single-storey rear extension: proposed ground floor plan and rear elevation, with the Property Architecture title block
    Sample drawing. Proposed plan and rear elevation from a planning application set, sheet 03 at 1:50.

    07The papers

    What the drawings rest on

    Red-brick mansion blocks and shopfronts on a street cornerMeasured surveys
    Photograph: Tom McCarten
    Building regulations section through a rear extension, with the roof, floor, wall and foundation build-ups labelled
    Sample drawing. Section A-A with the build-ups building control checks, sheet 07 at 1:50.

    08Correspondence

    Questions

    Is a Becontree house listed?

    Most are not. The estate is protected through the council's design code, not through the national list. The only way to be sure of a particular address is to search the National Heritage List for England or send the address to us.

    Does the Becontree design code replace listed building consent?

    No. The code guides planning applications on the estate, while consent is needed only where a list entry exists. A listed house on the estate has to satisfy both.

    What does the council expect a heritage drawing to show?

    That the significance of the building is understood, and that the proposal justifies its height, scale, massing and materials while keeping the setting intact. That is why our existing-condition sheets come first.

    Do I pay the council to apply for consent?

    No fee goes to the council for the consent itself. A planning application made at the same time does carry its own fee.

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    100%

    granted

    Listed building consents granted (PS2), Barking and Dagenham, 2025 Q2 to 2026 Q1 (1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2026). Source: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk

    Photograph: Altaf Shah

    09Further reading

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    10Sources

    Sources and dates

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