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Unit 1 Ground Floor, Capricorn Centre Coppen Road, Dagenham, Barking And Dagenham, RM8 1HJ

25/00484/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved
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Approved on 25 September 2025

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Proposal

Retrospective application for a change of use of a commercial unit and car parking spaces (E(c)) to a car-wash (Sui Generis) including the construction of a metal canopy above the car wash and installation of a linear drain

Received
21 March 2025
Ward
Whalebone
  1. Received21 Mar
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Sep

Decided in 188 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 1 Ground Floor, Capricorn Centre Coppen Road, Dagenham, Barking And Dagenham, RM8 1HJ. Barking and Dagenham has handled 723 applications of this type. This one was decided in 188 days, 19 weeks longer than Barking and Dagenham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 129 applications across Whalebone. We hold 1,025 applications in total for the RM8 postcode area.

65% of full 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
RM8 1HJ
Application type
Full Planning Permission

Planning application dates

Validated
21 March 2025

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: HMO Article 4
  • Brownfield land register: Selinas LaneRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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

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© 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.

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Source: Barking and Dagenham

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