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2 & 4 Elmer Gardens Rainham RM13 7BS

D0538.22OutlineApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 January 2023

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for the proposed conversion of 2no. commercial units into 1 unit (use class E) involving internal alterations

Received
27 October 2022
Ward
South Hornchurch
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated23 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Jan
  5. Decided18 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 2 & 4 Elmer Gardens Rainham RM13 7BS. Havering has handled 1,109 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks longer than Havering's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across South Hornchurch. We hold 1,298 applications in total for the RM13 postcode area.

84% of outline applications at London Borough of Havering were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
RM13 7BS
Application type
Outline
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 November 2022
Target decision date
18 January 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Peter Higginbottom 12-18 Theobalds Road London EC1N 8TE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and 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: Havering

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

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