• Monitor the progress of a planning and building control application
• Submit comments about the application
• Search a list of applications received each week
• View maps in relation to property details and appeals.

Help for people with visual disabilities

The files contain scanned documents that cannot be read by screen readers. If this is a problem for you, please contact the Development Control offices on 020 8430 2678 or Building Control offices on 020 8430 2000 for assistance.

Licensing Agreement

Your continued use of PublicAccess indicates your acceptance to be bound by the following terms and conditions. If you do not agree to be bound by these terms and conditions, please cease using PublicAccess.

These, together with any legal notices displayed elsewhere on PublicAccess, represent all the terms and conditions on which the London Borough of Newham will provide you with access to the datasets. These datasets were created by Local Government Information House Limited (the "National Datasets") and/or the London Borough of Newham (the "Authority Datasets") compiled and maintained in association with the National Land and Property Gazetteer and the National Street Gazetteer.

The terms and conditions for this licence agreement are as follows:

1. The National and/or Authority datasets are associated with the use of the National Land and Property Gazetteer and the National Street Gazetteer. Information displayed throughout PublicAccess is extracted from a copyright work owned by the Local Government Information House Limited and Newham Council.

2. A single screen print of the results of a search of the National and/or Authority datasets is permitted for your own use.

3. You may not extract or re-use information derived from the National and/or Authority Datasets and/or any copies of such information (whether electronic or in hard copy format) for any commercial or business purpose including but not limited to, trading, building commercial databases, reselling or redistribution of such information.

4. You are not permitted to modify, adapt, arrange, alter, adjust or make any additions to any information derived from the National and/or Authority Datasets, nor are you permitted to combine such information with other mapping, data or other information, including for the avoidance of doubt, other such information derived from PublicAccess.

5. Save as permitted by paragraph 2 above, the reproduction, copying, downloading, storage, recording, broadcasting, retransmission, distribution, decompilation, reverse-engineering or disassembly of any part of PublicAccess is not permitted without our prior written consent.

6. It is your responsibility to ensure that any information derived from the National and/or Authority Datasets is not made available, either in electronic unencrypted form or in hard copy format, to any third party that may attempt to use the map in contravention of these terms and conditions.

7. You must inform us immediately if you become aware of a third party using information derived from the National and/or Authority Datasets in contravention of these terms and conditions or of any infringement of trade marks located on PublicAccess.

8. We shall have no liability to any person or organisation in respect of any loss or damage arising directly or indirectly from the use of the information contained on PublicAccess.

9. We take every reasonable effort to ensure that information contained on PublicAccess is as accurate as possible. However, the services featured on PublicAccess are provided "as is", and all warranties, conditions and other terms implied by statute or common law are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded. We shall not be liable to you for any indirect or consequential loss (whether for loss of profit, loss of business, depletion of goodwill or otherwise), costs, expense or other claims for consequential compensation whatsoever (howsoever caused) which arise out of or in connection with your use of PublicAccess.

Data Protection

Newham Council seeks to comply with all statutory requirements including the Data Protection Act (1998) in all its transactions.

Disclaimer

Newham Council seeks to ensure that the information it publishes on its web site is up to date and accurate. However, the information on the web site does not constitute legal or professional advice and the Council cannot accept any liability for any loss arising in any way whatsoever out of the use of its site. The Council cannot be held responsible for the data policies, procedures or contents of any pages references by an external link from its site.

Copyright Notice

Plans, drawings and material submitted to the Council are protected by all relevant Copyright Laws. Anyone wishing to print or copy information available through this site must do so only in accordance with an authority which the London Borough of Newham may grant under Section 47 of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (the "Act"). Any copying or printing done other than in accordance with an authority under Section 47 of the Act must be done with the express permission of the copyright holder. The London Borough of Newham accepts no liability for actions done in breach of an authority under Section 47 of the Act.

(Section 47, 1988 Act). You may only use material which is downloaded and/or printed for consultation purposes, to compare current applications with previous schemes and to check whether developments have been completed in accordance with approved plans. Further copies must not be made without the prior permission of the copyright owner.

London Development Database

The Greater London Authority (GLA) holds key planning permission data for all London boroughs. Permissions which meet the following criteria are stored on the London Development Database website:

1. The permission was granted on or after January 1 2000.

2. The permission has 1000m2 in any proposed non-residential use using floorspace; or 10 bedrooms or more in any proposed non-residential use using bedrooms; or has any proposed or existing residential units; or has any proposed or existing open space.

3. The status of development is either not-started, started or completed.

Searches can be carried out by postcode, locality or interactive map on the LDD website.

The council is expected to add new permissions to the database within three months. Start and completion data are added at least once a year.