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79 Sheppey Road, Dagenham, Barking And Dagenham, RM9 4LH

25/00167/CLUELawful Development Certificate (Existing Use)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved

Council decision: Lawful (Certificate)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application for a lawful development certificate (existing) for the change of use of the dwelling from Use Class C3(a) to Use Class C3(b) to provide supported living for up to 5 residents

Received
1 February 2025
Ward
Goresbrook
  1. Received1 Feb
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 79 Sheppey Road, Dagenham, Barking And Dagenham, RM9 4LH. Barking and Dagenham has handled 103 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 1 February 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Goresbrook. We hold 789 applications in total for the RM9 postcode area.

71% of amendment applications at London Borough of Barking and Dagenham were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
RM9 4LH
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate (Existing Use)

Planning application dates

Validated
1 February 2025

Planning decision

Decision
Lawful (Certificate)

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Article 4 direction: HMO Article 4
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Barking and Dagenham

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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