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Spencer Works Spencer Road Rainham RM13 8HD

P1556.14Planning applicationRefused
Full

Refused on 17 February 2015

Council decision: Application Refused

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing factory unit and construction of 18No 2 bed flats with associated drainage and external works

Received
19 November 2014
Ward
South Hornchurch
  1. Received19 Nov
  2. Validated19 Nov
  3. Consult.12 Dec
  4. Target18 Feb
  5. Decided17 Feb

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Spencer Works Spencer Road Rainham RM13 8HD. Havering has handled 1,984 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 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.

78% of full 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 8HD
Application type
Planning application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 November 2014
Consultation expiry
19 December 2014
Consultation start
28 September 2015
Neighbour consultation start
21 November 2014
Neighbour consultation end
12 December 2014
Last date for comments
19 December 2014
Target decision date
18 February 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Philip Ellis Peter North & Partners 3 Saxeway Business Centre Chartridge Lane Chesham HP5 2SH

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 November 2014
Advertisement expiry
19 December 2014
Site notice start
28 November 2014
Site notice end
19 December 2014

Appeal

Appeal reference
2762
Appeal date
13 August 2015
Appeal result
Withdrawn
Appeal decision date
2 December 2015

Additional information

Documents
18

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 3: High 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2015
    15 May

    Discharge of Condition 2b from P0749.12

    All Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditionsQ0073.15

Source: Havering

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

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