Planning permission in Hackney

London Borough of Hackney decides planning applications in Hackney. This page shows the protected areas that affect what homeowners can build without planning permission, and the planning data Hackney publishes.

Conservation areas

Hackney has 37 conservation areas. In a conservation area, permitted development rights are reduced: side extensions, two-storey extensions, loft dormers and cladding all need planning permission, and many councils add Article 4 directions on top.

• Albion Square
• Beck Road
• Broadway Market
• Brownswood
• Clapton Common
• Clapton Pond
• Clapton Square
• Clissold Park
• Dalston
• Dalston Lane (West)
• De Beauvoir
• Fremont and Warneford
• Graham Road and Mapledene
• Hackney Road
• Hackney Wick
• Hoxton Street
• Kingsland
• Lea Bridge
• Lordship Park
• Mare Street
• Newington Green (North)
• Northwold & Cazenove
• Pitfield Street
• Queensbridge Road
• Regent's Canal - Central & South Hackney CAAC
• Regent's Canal - Kingsland CAAC
• Regent's Canal - Shoreditch CAAC
• Shacklewell Green
• South Shoreditch
• St Mark's
• Stoke Newington
• Stoke Newington Reservoirs, Filter Beds and New River
• Sun Street
• Town Hall Square
• Underwood Street
• Victoria Park
• Well Street Conservation Area

Read more: extensions, loft dormers, garden rooms and solar panels in a conservation area.

Article 4 directions

Hackney has published 197 Article 4 areas. Inside them, some permitted development rights are removed, so work that would normally be allowed needs planning permission.

The rights they remove most often:

• Converting commercial buildings into homes (Part 3 Class MA, in 72 of the areas)
• Part 3 Class M (Part 3 Class M, in 36 of the areas)
• Part 4 Class D (Part 4 Class D, in 30 of the areas)
• Painting the outside of a building (Part 2 Class C, in 12 of the areas)
• House extensions (Part 1 Class A, in 12 of the areas)
• Other roof alterations, such as rooflights (Part 1 Class C, in 12 of the areas)
• Satellite dishes and antennas (Part 1 Class H, in 12 of the areas)
• Walls, fences and gates (Part 2 Class A, in 10 of the areas)
• Hard surfaces, such as paved driveways (Part 1 Class F, in 10 of the areas)
• Loft dormers and other roof extensions (Part 1 Class B, in 10 of the areas)

1 of the published areas don't say which rights they remove. Our checker tells people at those addresses to check with the council.

Directions listed by Hackney:

• 6 Felton Road N1 5NA
• 6 Gilpin Road
• 6-7 Downs Court Parade, Amhurst road
• 20B Pitfield Street
• 29 Marsh Hill
• 50 Matthias Road
• 88 Stoke Newington High Street
• 94 Chatsworth Road
• 94 Weymouth Terrace
• 112 Upper Clapton Road
• 195 Mount Pleasant Lane
• 202 Well Street
• 234 Haggerston Road
• 253 Amhurst Road
• A4D Non-residential to residential
• Article 4 Direction: Class E to residential (Central Activities Zone, City Fringe, Dalston and Hackney Central) 2022
• Article 4 Direction: Class E to residential (designated industrial areas) 2022
• Article 4 Direction: Class E to residential (district centres and local shopping centres) 2022
• Article 4 Direction: flexible town centre uses (additional town centres) 2018
• Article 4 Direction: flexible town centre uses (town centres) 2015
• Article 4 Direction: launderettes to residential 2017
• Article 4 Direction: retail and launderette to residential (additional town centres) 2018
• Beck Road
• Beck Road Conservation Area Article 4 Direction
• Brownswood
• Brownswood Conservation Area Article 4 Direction
• Chesham Arms Public House
• De Beauvoir
• De Beauvoir Conservation Area Article 4 Direction
• Locally Significant Industrial Site - Frederick Terrace
• Locally Significant Industrial Site - Helmsley Place
• Locally Significant Industrial Site - Millfields
• London borough of Hackney
• Priority Industrial Area - Anton Street
• Priority Industrial Area - Belfast Road
• Priority Industrial Area - De Beauvoir
• Priority Industrial Area - Hackney Downs
• Priority Industrial Area - Homerton
• Priority Industrial Area - Prout Road
• Priority Industrial Area - Red Square
• Priority Industrial Area - Shacklewell
• Priority Industrial Area - Theydon Road
• Priority Industrial Area - Tilia Road
• Shacklewell Green
• Shacklewell Green Conservation Area Article 4 Direction
• St Mark's
• St Mark's Conservation Area Article 4 Direction
• Well Street
• Well Street Conservation Area Article 4 Direction

What is an Article 4 direction?

National parks, National Landscapes and green belt

• There is green belt in or bordering Hackney. Householder permitted development rights apply as normal in the green belt, but if you need planning permission, green belt policy limits how much a home can be enlarged.

Listed buildings and protected trees

Listed buildings everywhere in England are recorded by Historic England, and the checker looks for them at every address. Hackney doesn't publish listed building outlines, so where a listed building is recorded near an address, we ask the homeowner to check whether it's theirs.

Hackney doesn't publish its tree preservation orders as data. If there are mature trees near your project, ask the council whether any are protected before you start.

What Hackney publishes

Data from planning.data.gov.uk, published by London Borough of Hackney and national bodies under the Open Government Licence, last updated here on 30 October 2026. London Borough of Hackney website.