E6 · East Ham
E6 is East Ham — the East Ham Town Centre conservation area and the long Victorian terraces around Central Park. Much of the terrace stock keeps permitted development rights for rear and loft projects; the borough-wide HMO Article 4 means a house-to-HMO conversion needs planning permission.
Location data: postcodes.io · Constraints: planning.data.gov.uk (borough-level) · Open Government Licence
Constraint context · Newham
Real · planning.data.gov.ukNewham has 8 designated conservation areas and 0 Article 4 areas. A district is too coarse to say which apply to your house — postcode districts span many streets and designations are drawn street by street. Enter a full postcode below for the point-level check, or read the full borough picture on the Newham planning guide.
Is E6 in a conservation area?
Partly — and which part matters. A postcode district is never uniformly designated: E6 contains 1 conservation area within 1km of its centre, and whether your own property sits inside one decides whether permitted development survives. The centre point of E6 itself does not fall inside one — but many of its streets will.
| East Ham Town Centre | Nearby |
Conservation areas whose official geometry lies within 1km of the centre of E6. Source: planning.data.gov.uk · Open Government Licence. Proximity to the district centre is not a statement about your own address — run the address check for that.
Does an Article 4 direction apply in E6?
The national dataset holds no Article 4 geometry within 1km of the centre of E6. Treat that as unknown, not as “none”. The national dataset is known to omit property-specific directions, so the only safe answer is to verify on the council's own register for Newham before assuming a permitted-development right still exists.
Every designation in the borough: Newham planning guide →
Do you need planning permission in E6?
Three routes exist, and which one you are on is decided by your address, not your postcode district:
| Permitted development — no application. The work stays inside the GPDO limits and no designation removes them. A Lawful Development Certificate is cheap proof for a future buyer. | No permission |
| Prior approval — the larger single-storey rear extension route, with neighbour consultation. Not available on designated land. | 42 days |
| Full householder application — required once a designation removes your permitted-development right, or the scheme exceeds the limits. | 8 weeks |
E6 contains mapped conservation-area or Article 4 geometry, so a meaningful share of its streets will have lost some permitted-development rights — which pushes those properties onto the full-application route. Whether yours is one of them is an address-level question, not a district-level one.
What does planning permission cost in E6?
| Householder planning application | £548 (from 1 April 2026) |
| Lawful Development Certificate — proposed works | £274 (half the application fee) |
| Lawful Development Certificate — existing works | £548 (the full application fee) |
| Listed building consent | No fee |
| Resubmission after a refusal | Free once, within 12 months of the decision |
National statutory figures for England — councils do not set them, so they are the same in every borough. Planning fees re-index every 1 April; confirm the current amount on the Planning Portal fee calculator before you apply. These are the council's fees only — drawings, surveys and any specialist reports are separate.
How long does it take?
| Householder application — statutory target | 8 weeks |
| Householder application — in practice | 8–12 weeks |
| Prior approval (larger home extension) | 42 days |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 8 weeks |
| Householder appeal — deadline to lodge | 12 weeks from the decision date |
| Householder appeal — typical decision | Around 18 weeks |
What if it's refused?
A refusal is a decision notice with reasons attached, and those reasons are a roadmap. Most homeowners in Newham — as anywhere in England — are better served by amending the scheme and using the free resubmission than by appealing: you get one further application on the same site within 12 months without paying again.
| Who can appeal | The applicant only — not neighbours |
| Fee to appeal | None — you bear your own costs |
| Procedure | Written representations for most householder appeals |
| Success rate | Roughly a third — about 36% of householder appeals allowed in 2025/26 |
Appeals go to the Planning Inspectorate, an independent national body. How to read a refusal and choose your route →
Planning permission by project in Newham
Forest Gate, East Ham and Plaistow terraces extend under PD outside the conservation areas; the Woodgrange Estate and town-centre areas need a full application.
Rear extension in Newham →Deep precedent on the Forest Gate, East Ham and Plaistow terraces; the Woodgrange Estate Article 4 area needs a full application.
Side return extension in Newham →Common on the Forest Gate and East Ham terraces; the Woodgrange Estate Article 4 area decides dormer form via a full application.
Loft conversion in Newham →Uncommon on the borough's dense terrace and flat stock; a full application with structural and ground-condition evidence is expected.
Basement extension in Newham →Workable on the deeper terrace plots under PD; the Woodgrange Estate and conservation areas can remove outbuilding rights — check the address.
Garden room in Newham →Pinpoint your street
More of Newham
Stratford and the Olympic legacy to Victorian terraces; a borough-wide HMO Article 4 since 2013.
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