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Submit and pay for your planning application

Submit a planning application

You can submit and pay for your application on Planning Portal.

Submit an application

In person or by post

Download and complete an application form and submit it together with your cheque (made payable to London Borough of Hackney), in person or by post to: Hackney Service Centre, 1 Hillman Street, London E8 1DY.

We will process major applications within 13 weeks, and other applications in eight weeks. Our preferred method of contact is email when notifying customers of their planning applications.

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What happens when you apply

We will consider your application against relevant adopted local and national policy. We aim to decide your application within 8 weeks of it being made valid.

Your application is valid when it has been confirmed that all required information has been supplied. If all information is supplied up front, the application is valid on the day we received it, even if it takes us longer to confirm this.

After receiving your application we will check that all information has been supplied. We aim to write to you within 5 days to confirm either that all information has been supplied, or to tell you that something is missing.

Once the application is ‘valid’ we will send letters to affected neighbours asking for their opinion of the development. These neighbours have 21 days to respond. We may also need to write to other groups to seek their opinion, such as conservation area advisory committees or local resident groups.

Once this 21 day period of consultation has passed, we will assess your application against local and national planning policy, and against any comments received.

We will prepare a report with a recommendation of either approval subject to conditions, or refusal. This report will be reviewed by a senior officer and a final decision made. 95% of all applications are decided by officers acting under delegated authority.

If your application is contentious, against policy, or if it is requested by a local councillor, it may be decided by the planning sub-committee. This is very rare for a householder planning applications

Things to consider when you apply 

We will look at your existing and proposed plans, your application form, your design and access statement (where applicable), any comments received from nearby neighbours and any comments received from any other interested party. These are together referred to as ‘material considerations’.

Matters that are not considered as material considerations are:

  • any possible impact on the value of land or property
  • any matters related to the building control regulations (such as foundations or subsidence)
  • any dispute between you and your neighbour over a common boundary wall or fence, and
  • any other personal matters between you and your neighbours

What to provide when you apply 

You need to provide the information as follows:

  • a completed application form
  • a site plan
  • a location plan
  • elevations and floor plans of the current arrangement of the property
  • elevations and floor plans of the proposed arrangement of the property
  • the relevant fee
  • a design and access statement (only required if the property is within a conservation area)

To find out if your property is within a conservation area, see find my nearest and search by your address. Once you have located your property, select the environment and property tab at the bottom of the page.

You can find more information about the above details by viewing:

Get advice on proposals before you submit an application

We offer a pre-application service for householder developments.

Search for / comment on a planning application

It can take up to 5 working days for planning documents to appear on the system once the application has been submitted.

Search or comment

Weekly list of applications and decisions

Check local planning information

Check local planning information

See Interactive Maps Gallery and Geographical Apps.

Planning sub-committee

Larger home extensions

Legislation allowing larger single-storey rear extensions to be built under permitted development rules has been passed. The new size limits will be subject to a neighbour consultation scheme and you will need to provide us with the information in the householder prior approval notification checklist.

Planning arrangements for Hackney Wick

The London Legacy Development Corporation is the local planning authority for the area of Hackney Wick east of the A12. All planning applications for this area should be submitted to them.

Page updated on: 15 February 2024

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