Local Planning Authorities in England
Permitted development rights, Article 4 directions, conservation areas, local plan status, and planning approval statistics for all 337 local planning authorities in England. Select your council to see what you can build without planning permission.
London33
Barking and DagenhamLondon Borough
4 conservation areas3 Article 4
BarnetLondon Borough16 conservation areas48 Article 4
BexleyLondon Borough31 conservation areas4 Article 4
BrentLondon Borough32 conservation areas162 Article 4
BromleyLondon Borough69 conservation areas37 Article 4
CamdenLondon Borough40 conservation areas19 Article 4
City of LondonCity Corporation28 conservation areas1 Article 4
CroydonLondon Borough20 conservation areas3 Article 4
EalingLondon Borough32 conservation areas7 Article 4
EnfieldLondon Borough28 conservation areas33 Article 4
GreenwichLondon Borough23 conservation areas8 Article 4
HackneyLondon Borough35 conservation areas9 Article 4
Hammersmith and FulhamLondon Borough44 conservation areas15 Article 4
HaringeyLondon Borough28 conservation areas25 Article 4
HarrowLondon Borough30 conservation areas15 Article 4
HaveringLondon Borough11 conservation areas3 Article 4
HillingdonLondon Borough31 conservation areas4 Article 4
HounslowLondon Borough29 conservation areas3 Article 4
IslingtonLondon Borough41 conservation areas3 Article 4
Kensington and ChelseaLondon Borough38 conservation areas6 Article 4
Kingston upon ThamesLondon Borough26 conservation areas3 Article 4
LambethLondon Borough65 conservation areas4 Article 4
LewishamLondon Borough29 conservation areas4 Article 4
MertonLondon Borough28 conservation areas4 Article 4
NewhamLondon Borough9 conservation areas2 Article 4
RedbridgeLondon Borough16 conservation areas5 Article 4
Richmond upon ThamesLondon Borough87 conservation areas5 Article 4
SouthwarkLondon Borough53 conservation areas480 Article 4
SuttonLondon Borough15 conservation areas4 Article 4
Tower HamletsLondon Borough59 conservation areas2 Article 4
Waltham ForestLondon Borough15 conservation areas6 Article 4
WandsworthLondon Borough46 conservation areas11 Article 4
WestminsterLondon Borough57 conservation areas10 Article 4
South East64
AdurNon-Metropolitan District
7 conservation areas9 Article 4
ArunNon-Metropolitan District23 conservation areas1 Article 4
AshfordNon-Metropolitan District44 conservation areas75 Article 4
Basingstoke and DeaneNon-Metropolitan District43 conservation areas6 Article 4
Bracknell ForestUnitary Authority4 conservation areas6 Article 4
Brighton and HoveUnitary Authority34 conservation areas1 Article 4
BuckinghamshireUnitary Authority186 conservation areas389 Article 4
CanterburyNon-Metropolitan District98 conservation areas463 Article 4
CherwellNon-Metropolitan District60 conservation areas1 Article 4
ChichesterNon-Metropolitan District23 conservation areas11 Article 4
CrawleyNon-Metropolitan District12 conservation areas19 Article 4
DartfordNon-Metropolitan District6 conservation areas6 Article 4
DoverNon-Metropolitan District103 conservation areas55 Article 4
East HampshireNon-Metropolitan District43 conservation areas51 Article 4
EastbourneNon-Metropolitan District12 conservation areas1 Article 4
EastleighNon-Metropolitan District8 conservation areas9 Article 4
ElmbridgeNon-Metropolitan District25 conservation areas15 Article 4
Epsom and EwellNon-Metropolitan District28 conservation areas30 Article 4
FarehamNon-Metropolitan District13 conservation areas19 Article 4
Folkestone and HytheNon-Metropolitan District21 conservation areas2 Article 4
GosportNon-Metropolitan District19 conservation areas4 Article 4
GraveshamNon-Metropolitan District23 conservation areas24 Article 4
GuildfordNon-Metropolitan District41 conservation areas2 Article 4
HartNon-Metropolitan District39 conservation areas47 Article 4
HastingsNon-Metropolitan District18 conservation areas5 Article 4
HavantNon-Metropolitan District1 conservation areas6 Article 4
HorshamNon-Metropolitan District4 conservation areas53 Article 4
Isle of WightUnitary Authority48 conservation areas9 Article 4
LewesNon-Metropolitan District28 conservation areas5 Article 4
MaidstoneNon-Metropolitan District53 conservation areas85 Article 4
MedwayUnitary Authority24 conservation areas40 Article 4
Mid SussexNon-Metropolitan District35 conservation areas3 Article 4
Milton KeynesUnitary Authority40 conservation areas16 Article 4
Mole ValleyNon-Metropolitan District37 conservation areas1 Article 4
New ForestNon-Metropolitan District23 conservation areas9 Article 4
OxfordNon-Metropolitan District19 conservation areas3 Article 4
PortsmouthUnitary Authority25 conservation areas4 Article 4
ReadingUnitary Authority15 conservation areas19 Article 4
Reigate and BansteadNon-Metropolitan District21 conservation areas1 Article 4
RotherNon-Metropolitan District10 conservation areas61 Article 4
RunnymedeNon-Metropolitan District8 conservation areas1 Article 4
RushmoorNon-Metropolitan District8 conservation areas5 Article 4
SevenoaksNon-Metropolitan District41 conservation areas9 Article 4
SloughUnitary Authority5 conservation areas1 Article 4
South OxfordshireNon-Metropolitan District71 conservation areas10 Article 4
SouthamptonUnitary Authority21 conservation areas1 Article 4
SpelthorneNon-Metropolitan District8 conservation areas4 Article 4
Surrey HeathNon-Metropolitan District11 conservation areas1 Article 4
SwaleNon-Metropolitan District63 conservation areas22 Article 4
TandridgeNon-Metropolitan District19 conservation areas50 Article 4
Test ValleyNon-Metropolitan District36 conservation areas10 Article 4
ThanetNon-Metropolitan District27 conservation areas4 Article 4
Tonbridge and MallingNon-Metropolitan District60 conservation areas1 Article 4
Tunbridge WellsNon-Metropolitan District34 conservation areas6 Article 4
Vale of White HorseNon-Metropolitan District55 conservation areas1 Article 4
WaverleyNon-Metropolitan District44 conservation areas29 Article 4
WealdenNon-Metropolitan District33 conservation areas53 Article 4
West BerkshireUnitary Authority51 conservation areas9 Article 4
West OxfordshireNon-Metropolitan District50 conservation areas84 Article 4
WinchesterNon-Metropolitan District34 conservation areas2 Article 4
Windsor and MaidenheadUnitary Authority1 Article 4
WokingNon-Metropolitan District28 conservation areas
WokinghamUnitary Authority27 conservation areas7 Article 4
WorthingNon-Metropolitan District26 conservation areas8 Article 4
South West27
Bath and North East SomersetUnitary Authority
35 conservation areas10 Article 4
Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleUnitary Authority48 conservation areas3 Article 4
Bristol, City ofUnitary Authority34 conservation areas16 Article 4
CheltenhamNon-Metropolitan District7 conservation areas1 Article 4
CornwallUnitary Authority145 conservation areas2 Article 4
CotswoldNon-Metropolitan District144 conservation areas22 Article 4
DorsetUnitary Authority311 conservation areas78 Article 4
East DevonNon-Metropolitan District32 conservation areas
ExeterNon-Metropolitan District20 conservation areas1 Article 4
Forest of DeanNon-Metropolitan District54 conservation areas2 Article 4
GloucesterNon-Metropolitan District14 conservation areas55 Article 4
Isles of ScillyUnitary Authority1 conservation areas
Mid DevonNon-Metropolitan District51 conservation areas2 Article 4
North DevonNon-Metropolitan District41 conservation areas
North SomersetUnitary Authority39 conservation areas38 Article 4
PlymouthUnitary Authority15 conservation areas1 Article 4
SomersetUnitary Authority179 conservation areas31 Article 4
South GloucestershireUnitary Authority30 conservation areas2 Article 4
South HamsNon-Metropolitan District47 conservation areas
StroudNon-Metropolitan District41 conservation areas6 Article 4
SwindonUnitary Authority28 conservation areas1 Article 4
TeignbridgeNon-Metropolitan District35 conservation areas1 Article 4
TewkesburyNon-Metropolitan District14 conservation areas11 Article 4
TorbayUnitary Authority24 conservation areas2 Article 4
TorridgeNon-Metropolitan District20 conservation areas32 Article 4
West DevonNon-Metropolitan District24 conservation areas
WiltshireUnitary Authority243 conservation areas
East of England45
BaberghNon-Metropolitan District
29 conservation areas
BasildonNon-Metropolitan District4 conservation areas2 Article 4
BedfordUnitary Authority29 conservation areas1 Article 4
BraintreeNon-Metropolitan District37 conservation areas1 Article 4
BrecklandNon-Metropolitan District45 conservation areas10 Article 4
BrentwoodNon-Metropolitan District13 conservation areas1 Article 4
BroadlandNon-Metropolitan District31 conservation areas28 Article 4
BroxbourneNon-Metropolitan District6 conservation areas3 Article 4
CambridgeNon-Metropolitan District13 conservation areas19 Article 4
Castle PointNon-Metropolitan District2 conservation areas4 Article 4
Central BedfordshireUnitary Authority60 conservation areas7 Article 4
ChelmsfordNon-Metropolitan District25 conservation areas11 Article 4
ColchesterNon-Metropolitan District24 conservation areas3 Article 4
DacorumNon-Metropolitan District23 conservation areas6 Article 4
East CambridgeshireNon-Metropolitan District28 conservation areas200 Article 4
East HertfordshireNon-Metropolitan District42 conservation areas1 Article 4
East SuffolkNon-Metropolitan District45 conservation areas16 Article 4
Epping ForestNon-Metropolitan District25 conservation areas7 Article 4
FenlandNon-Metropolitan District12 conservation areas2 Article 4
Great YarmouthNon-Metropolitan District24 conservation areas18 Article 4
HarlowNon-Metropolitan District10 conservation areas14 Article 4
HertsmereNon-Metropolitan District16 conservation areas11 Article 4
HuntingdonshireNon-Metropolitan District59 conservation areas6 Article 4
IpswichNon-Metropolitan District15 conservation areas1 Article 4
King’s Lynn and West NorfolkNon-Metropolitan District48 conservation areas2 Article 4
LutonUnitary Authority5 conservation areas6 Article 4
MaldonNon-Metropolitan District92 conservation areas16 Article 4
Mid SuffolkNon-Metropolitan District31 conservation areas1 Article 4
North HertfordshireNon-Metropolitan District44 conservation areas32 Article 4
North NorfolkNon-Metropolitan District101 conservation areas42 Article 4
NorwichNon-Metropolitan District17 conservation areas1 Article 4
PeterboroughUnitary Authority30 conservation areas108 Article 4
RochfordNon-Metropolitan District10 conservation areas1 Article 4
South CambridgeshireNon-Metropolitan District85 conservation areas9 Article 4
South NorfolkNon-Metropolitan District82 conservation areas55 Article 4
Southend-on-SeaUnitary Authority19 conservation areas2 Article 4
St AlbansNon-Metropolitan District45 conservation areas34 Article 4
StevenageNon-Metropolitan District7 conservation areas3 Article 4
TendringNon-Metropolitan District20 conservation areas14 Article 4
Three RiversNon-Metropolitan District19 conservation areas1 Article 4
ThurrockUnitary Authority7 conservation areas
UttlesfordNon-Metropolitan District38 conservation areas7 Article 4
WatfordNon-Metropolitan District10 conservation areas1 Article 4
Welwyn HatfieldNon-Metropolitan District10 conservation areas5 Article 4
West SuffolkNon-Metropolitan District48 conservation areas10 Article 4
East Midlands37
Amber ValleyNon-Metropolitan District
29 conservation areas1 Article 4
AshfieldNon-Metropolitan District6 conservation areas10 Article 4
BassetlawNon-Metropolitan District33 conservation areas3 Article 4
BlabyNon-Metropolitan District12 conservation areas1 Article 4
BolsoverNon-Metropolitan District27 conservation areas
BostonNon-Metropolitan District11 conservation areas2 Article 4
BroxtoweNon-Metropolitan District15 conservation areas5 Article 4
CharnwoodNon-Metropolitan District38 conservation areas1 Article 4
ChesterfieldNon-Metropolitan District12 conservation areas4 Article 4
DaventryNow part of West Northamptonshire39 conservation areas8 Article 4
DerbyUnitary Authority16 conservation areas11 Article 4
Derbyshire DalesNon-Metropolitan District33 conservation areas4 Article 4
East LindseyNon-Metropolitan District17 conservation areas2 Article 4
ErewashNon-Metropolitan District22 conservation areas2 Article 4
GedlingNon-Metropolitan District6 conservation areas1 Article 4
HarboroughNon-Metropolitan District63 conservation areas1 Article 4
High PeakNon-Metropolitan District32 conservation areas8 Article 4
Hinckley and BosworthNon-Metropolitan District28 conservation areas2 Article 4
LeicesterUnitary Authority25 conservation areas373 Article 4
LincolnNon-Metropolitan District11 conservation areas5 Article 4
MansfieldNon-Metropolitan District11 conservation areas1 Article 4
MeltonNon-Metropolitan District45 conservation areas1 Article 4
Newark and SherwoodNon-Metropolitan District47 conservation areas2 Article 4
North East DerbyshireNon-Metropolitan District32 conservation areas1 Article 4
North KestevenNon-Metropolitan District38 conservation areas3 Article 4
North NorthamptonshireUnitary Authority82 conservation areas1 Article 4
North West LeicestershireNon-Metropolitan District28 conservation areas4 Article 4
NorthamptonNow part of West Northamptonshire20 conservation areas2 Article 4
NottinghamUnitary Authority33 conservation areas7 Article 4
Oadby and WigstonNon-Metropolitan District10 conservation areas
RushcliffeNon-Metropolitan District32 conservation areas
RutlandUnitary Authority34 conservation areas17 Article 4
South DerbyshireNon-Metropolitan District22 conservation areas4 Article 4
South HollandNon-Metropolitan District13 conservation areas1 Article 4
South KestevenNon-Metropolitan District48 conservation areas1 Article 4
West LindseyNon-Metropolitan District29 conservation areas5 Article 4
West NorthamptonshireUnitary Authority118 conservation areas9 Article 4
West Midlands30
BirminghamMetropolitan District
29 conservation areas13 Article 4
BromsgroveNon-Metropolitan District12 conservation areas
Cannock ChaseNon-Metropolitan District8 conservation areas
CoventryMetropolitan District18 conservation areas14 Article 4
DudleyMetropolitan District22 conservation areas3 Article 4
East StaffordshireNon-Metropolitan District25 conservation areas3 Article 4
Herefordshire, County ofUnitary Authority64 conservation areas
LichfieldNon-Metropolitan District21 conservation areas3 Article 4
Malvern HillsNon-Metropolitan District21 conservation areas
Newcastle-under-LymeNon-Metropolitan District21 conservation areas1 Article 4
North WarwickshireNon-Metropolitan District11 conservation areas10 Article 4
Nuneaton and BedworthNon-Metropolitan District4 conservation areas1 Article 4
RedditchNon-Metropolitan District2 conservation areas
RugbyNon-Metropolitan District19 conservation areas4 Article 4
SandwellMetropolitan District9 conservation areas12 Article 4
ShropshireUnitary Authority122 conservation areas12 Article 4
SolihullMetropolitan District20 conservation areas3 Article 4
South StaffordshireNon-Metropolitan District19 conservation areas15 Article 4
StaffordNon-Metropolitan District29 conservation areas3 Article 4
Staffordshire MoorlandsNon-Metropolitan District17 conservation areas2 Article 4
Stoke-on-TrentUnitary Authority22 conservation areas27 Article 4
Stratford-on-AvonNon-Metropolitan District76 conservation areas1 Article 4
TamworthNon-Metropolitan District7 conservation areas5 Article 4
Telford and WrekinUnitary Authority8 conservation areas3 Article 4
WalsallMetropolitan District18 conservation areas1 Article 4
WarwickNon-Metropolitan District23 conservation areas3 Article 4
WolverhamptonMetropolitan District30 conservation areas1 Article 4
WorcesterNon-Metropolitan District18 conservation areas4 Article 4
WychavonNon-Metropolitan District64 conservation areas1 Article 4
Wyre ForestNon-Metropolitan District17 conservation areas1 Article 4
North West36
Blackburn with DarwenUnitary Authority
14 conservation areas2 Article 4
BlackpoolUnitary Authority7 conservation areas5 Article 4
BoltonMetropolitan District26 conservation areas1 Article 4
BurnleyNon-Metropolitan District10 conservation areas1 Article 4
BuryMetropolitan District14 conservation areas3 Article 4
CarlisleNow part of Cumberland19 conservation areas2 Article 4
Cheshire EastUnitary Authority76 conservation areas7 Article 4
Cheshire West and ChesterUnitary Authority95 conservation areas3 Article 4
ChorleyNon-Metropolitan District9 conservation areas2 Article 4
CumberlandUnitary Authority51 conservation areas1 Article 4
FyldeNon-Metropolitan District10 conservation areas3 Article 4
HaltonUnitary Authority10 conservation areas1 Article 4
HyndburnNon-Metropolitan District10 conservation areas1 Article 4
KnowsleyMetropolitan District3 Article 4
LancasterNon-Metropolitan District35 conservation areas2 Article 4
LiverpoolMetropolitan District36 conservation areas199 Article 4
ManchesterMetropolitan District34 conservation areas10 Article 4
OldhamMetropolitan District33 conservation areas1 Article 4
PendleNon-Metropolitan District23 conservation areas2 Article 4
PrestonNon-Metropolitan District11 conservation areas6 Article 4
Ribble ValleyNon-Metropolitan District22 conservation areas3 Article 4
RochdaleMetropolitan District30 conservation areas6 Article 4
RossendaleNon-Metropolitan District10 conservation areas7 Article 4
SalfordMetropolitan District16 conservation areas3 Article 4
SeftonMetropolitan District25 conservation areas6 Article 4
South RibbleNon-Metropolitan District8 conservation areas1 Article 4
St. HelensMetropolitan District14 conservation areas4 Article 4
StockportMetropolitan District37 conservation areas30 Article 4
TamesideMetropolitan District9 conservation areas3 Article 4
TraffordMetropolitan District22 conservation areas4 Article 4
WarringtonUnitary Authority16 conservation areas1 Article 4
West LancashireNon-Metropolitan District28 conservation areas2 Article 4
Westmorland and FurnessUnitary Authority40 conservation areas3 Article 4
WiganMetropolitan District23 conservation areas1 Article 4
WirralMetropolitan District28 conservation areas23 Article 4
WyreNon-Metropolitan District7 conservation areas15 Article 4
North East12
County DurhamUnitary Authority
93 conservation areas4 Article 4
DarlingtonUnitary Authority18 conservation areas2 Article 4
GatesheadMetropolitan District22 conservation areas1 Article 4
HartlepoolUnitary Authority8 conservation areas1 Article 4
MiddlesbroughUnitary Authority8 conservation areas3 Article 4
Newcastle upon TyneMetropolitan District12 conservation areas7 Article 4
North TynesideMetropolitan District17 conservation areas7 Article 4
NorthumberlandUnitary Authority70 conservation areas6 Article 4
Redcar and ClevelandUnitary Authority17 conservation areas2 Article 4
South TynesideMetropolitan District11 conservation areas6 Article 4
Stockton-on-TeesUnitary Authority11 conservation areas2 Article 4
SunderlandMetropolitan District14 conservation areas1 Article 4
Yorkshire and The Humber15
BarnsleyMetropolitan District
18 conservation areas1 Article 4
BradfordMetropolitan District60 conservation areas6 Article 4
CalderdaleMetropolitan District21 conservation areas9 Article 4
DoncasterMetropolitan District38 conservation areas3 Article 4
East Riding of YorkshireUnitary Authority106 conservation areas11 Article 4
Kingston upon Hull, City ofUnitary Authority26 conservation areas6 Article 4
KirkleesMetropolitan District59 conservation areas
LeedsMetropolitan District80 conservation areas1 Article 4
North East LincolnshireUnitary Authority17 conservation areas6 Article 4
North LincolnshireUnitary Authority17 conservation areas12 Article 4
North YorkshireUnitary Authority249 conservation areas10 Article 4
RotherhamMetropolitan District28 conservation areas
SheffieldMetropolitan District33 conservation areas1 Article 4
WakefieldMetropolitan District29 conservation areas1 Article 4
YorkUnitary Authority35 conservation areas4 Article 4
England38
AllerdaleNow part of CumberlandAylesbury ValeNow part of BuckinghamshireBarrow-in-FurnessNow part of Westmorland and Furness
1 Article 4
ChilternNow part of BuckinghamshireCopelandNow part of Cumberland8 conservation areas
CorbyNow part of North Northamptonshire9 conservation areas1 Article 4
CravenNow part of North YorkshireDartmoor National ParkNational Park Authority25 conservation areas1 Article 4
East NorthamptonshireNow part of North Northamptonshire34 conservation areas6 Article 4
Ebbsfleet Development CorporationLocal Planning AuthorityEdenNow part of Westmorland and Furness18 conservation areas1 Article 4
Exmoor National ParkNational Park Authority17 conservation areas2 Article 4
HambletonNow part of North YorkshireHarrogateNow part of North YorkshireKetteringNow part of North Northamptonshire26 conservation areas5 Article 4
Lake District National ParkNational Park Authority23 conservation areas30 Article 4
London Legacy Development CorporationLocal Planning AuthorityMendipNow part of SomersetNew Forest National ParkNational Park Authority15 conservation areas26 Article 4
North York Moors National ParkNational Park Authority40 conservation areas1 Article 4
Northumberland National ParkNational Park AuthorityOld Oak and Park Royal Development CorporationLocal Planning Authority3 Article 4
Peak District National ParkNational Park Authority105 conservation areas1 Article 4
RichmondshireNow part of North YorkshireRyedaleNow part of North YorkshireScarboroughNow part of North YorkshireSedgemoorNow part of SomersetSelbyNow part of North YorkshireSomerset West and TauntonNow part of SomersetSouth BucksNow part of BuckinghamshireSouth Downs National ParkNational Park Authority171 conservation areas17 Article 4
South LakelandNow part of Westmorland and Furness10 conservation areas1 Article 4
South NorthamptonshireNow part of West Northamptonshire62 conservation areas3 Article 4
South SomersetNow part of SomersetThe Broads AuthorityLocal Planning Authority4 conservation areas3 Article 4
WellingboroughNow part of North Northamptonshire10 conservation areas2 Article 4
WycombeNow part of BuckinghamshireYorkshire Dales National ParkNational Park Authority46 conservation areas8 Article 4