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51- 57 High Road, Chadwell Heath, Barking And Dagenham, RM6 6QJ

26/00550/PRIMAPrior Approval: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3)Awaiting decision
Prior approval
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application for prior approval: Proposed change of use of the first floor and the rear of the ground floor to provide 7no flats (3x studio, 1x 1-bed, 2x 2-bed and 1x 3- bed)

Received
28 April 2026
Ward
Chadwell Heath
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 51- 57 High Road, Chadwell Heath, Barking And Dagenham, RM6 6QJ. Barking and Dagenham has handled 103 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 28 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 137 applications across Chadwell Heath. We hold 734 applications in total for the RM6 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
RM6 6QJ
Application type
Prior Approval: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3)

Planning application dates

Validated
28 April 2026

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
  • Brownfield land register: 26 And 28 And Land To The Rear High Road, Chadwell HeathRegister 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

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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