London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

Adopted Documents We Assess Against

Development plan: Barking and Dagenham Local Plan 2037 (adopted 18 September 2024)

Documents are re-checked against the council's own website weekly. A detected change flags "Policy Update Available" for human review — live assessment standards are never replaced automatically.

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham standards at a glance

3 numeric standards taken from London Borough of Barking and Dagenham's own adopted documents, each shown with the paragraph it comes from. Figures differ between councils — these are this one's.

Rear extension depth

up to 3.65m

Barking and Dagenham work to 3.65 metres on a terrace or semi. Go deeper and you have to stay inside a 45-degree line drawn from your neighbour's building corner. Keep the flat roof to 3 metres and leave half the garden clear. Residential Extensions SPD 5.3.2

Design character

up to 1m

Barking and Dagenham allow a metre at the front, and will not normally accept a front extension at first floor. Residential Extensions SPD 5.1.2 and 5.1.4

Side extension form

at least 1m

Set a Barking and Dagenham first floor side extension back at least a metre from the front wall. Residential Extensions SPD 5.4.3(b)

Standards are what the council normally expects, not a guarantee. A scheme outside them can still be approved on its merits, and one inside them can still be refused for another reason.

Authored Policy Library

5 local policy checks, each citation-locked to the adopted document. National policy (NPPF, national space and daylight standards) applies alongside these.

Barking and Dagenham Local Plan 2037

• Barking and Dagenham Local Plan Policies DMD5, DMD1 and SP2 — Design character (provisional citation) Barking and Dagenham judge extensions under Policy DMD5 and their Residential Extensions SPD. Keeping the addition subordinate to the host house, in matching materials, is the safest starting point.
• Barking and Dagenham Local Plan 2037 (residential amenity policies) — Amenity neighbouring (provisional citation) Barking and Dagenham will look at the effect on your neighbours' light, outlook and privacy. Show the relationship to their windows on your drawings.

Barking and Dagenham Residential Extensions and Alterations SPD (2012)

• Residential Extensions SPD 5.3.2 — Rear extension depth Barking and Dagenham work to 3.65 metres on a terrace or semi. Go deeper and you have to stay inside a 45-degree line drawn from your neighbour's building corner. Keep the flat roof to 3 metres and leave half the garden clear.
• Residential Extensions SPD 5.1.2 and 5.1.4 — Design character Barking and Dagenham allow a metre at the front, and will not normally accept a front extension at first floor.
• Residential Extensions SPD 5.4.3(b) — Side extension form Set a Barking and Dagenham first floor side extension back at least a metre from the front wall.