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01Waltham Forest, London

Listed building consent drawings in Waltham Forest

Waltham Forest tells applicants exactly which scales it wants for a listed building application, so the drawing set is the first thing an officer checks. We draw the existing joinery and features as well as the proposal, at the scales the council names.

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    02The brief

    Two scales the council names for every application

    The council's listed buildings guidance is direct: changes affecting a listed building's character need planning permission, listed building consent or both, and its own summary for work that touches character is short: LBC required. Its validation checklist then fixes the scales for a consent application: 1:5 internal details; 1:20 external details.

    A set that misses them can be returned as invalid, which costs time before an officer reads a line. We build the survey around those sheets: altered joinery and features at the larger scale, external details at the smaller. The listed building consent drawings hub explains the national test behind them.

    Red-brick mansion blocks and shopfronts on a street corner
    Upper floors of a large yellow-brick Victorian house in London with chimney pots
    Photograph: Lorenc Memaga

    03The record

    Local figures for Waltham Forest

    Figures with their unit, period and source
    MeasureValuePeriodSource
    Changes affecting a listed building's character need planning permission, listed building consent or both, applied for to the councilLBC requiredNo periodwalthamforest.gov.uk, Conservation areas and listed buildings (council web page), page text
    LBC applications need 1:5 plans of altered internal joinery and features and 1:20 plans of external details1:5 internal details; 1:20 external detailsNo periodwalthamforest.gov.uk, Full National and Local Validation Checklist 2025, Listed Building Consent requirements
    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
    Class E, para E.1(g)Garden buildings within the curtilage of a listed building are not permitted developmentNo periodlegislation.gov.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 entries118 list entries (Historic England, within the LPA boundary)No periodplanning.data.gov.uk
    Grade II* listed entries13 list entriesNo periodplanning.data.gov.uk
    Heritage at Risk entries16 Heritage at Risk Register entries within the LPA boundary (Historic England)No periodplanning.data.gov.uk
    Conservation areas15 named conservation areas published by the councilNo periodplanning.data.gov.uk
    Listed building consent decisions (PS2)15 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)86.7 % 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.

    Waltham Forest6 neighbouring councils
    Councils bordering Waltham Forest

    04The streets

    Householder applications by street in Waltham Forest

    Streets in Waltham Forest with the most householder applications, and the share approved
    StreetApplicationsApproved
    Browning Road2282%
    Blenheim Road1667%
    Ulverston Road1455%
    Capworth Street1364%
    Clacton Road1255%
    St Johns Road1267%
    The Avenue1191%
    Grange Park Road10100%
    Murchison Road1088%
    Oakdale Road1070%
    Sky Peals Road1075%
    Woodberry Way1063%
    Albert Road975%
    Badlis Road989%
    Colchester Road956%

    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, Waltham Forest: consents decided: 15 listed building consent decisions (to alter or extend). D, Waltham Forest: consents granted: 86.7 % 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 Waltham Forest: consents decided
    15 listed building consent decisions (to alter or extend)
    D Waltham Forest: consents granted
    86.7 % 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

    A short list, with a long Heritage at Risk tail

    Historic England records 118 list entries here, 0 at Grade I, 13 at Grade II* and 104 at Grade II. Against that short list, 16 entries sit on the Heritage at Risk Register, which also counts places other than houses, so check your own address against the list.

    The borough publishes 15 conservation areas. 55.1% of its households live in a house or bungalow, so many listed owners here hold a whole house, with a garden that the curtilage rules may reach. Garden buildings within the curtilage of a listed building are not permitted development.

    A small sample of decisions, and what it means

    In the latest published return the council decided 15 listed building consent applications to alter or extend and granted 86.7% of them. With so few cases a single refusal moves the percentage a long way, so treat it as background, not a forecast.

    The national fee table puts listed building consent at £0. Works without consent: up to 6 months' imprisonment or a fine on summary conviction; up to 2 years or a fine on indictment. A separate planning application has its own fee, and may be needed for a roof change, in which case see mansard roof drawings in Waltham Forest, or for a lower floor, covered by basement conversion drawings in Waltham Forest.

    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

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

    What scales does Waltham Forest want on a listed building consent set?

    Its validation checklist asks for 1:5 internal details; 1:20 external details. We draw to those, and mark which original features stay.

    Is there a fee for listed building consent in Waltham Forest?

    No: the national fee table sets it at £0. For our drawings, the price is set once we have seen the entry and the scales the council asks for.

    Can I put a garden room beside a listed house?

    Not as permitted development. Garden buildings within the curtilage of a listed building are not permitted development, so it needs its own application.

    Rows of brick terraced houses and gardens on a residential street

    86.7%

    granted

    Listed building consents granted (PS2), Waltham Forest, 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

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