Former Somerfield Depot New Road Rainham RM13 8DB
Approved on 28 January 2015
Council decision: Apprv with Agreement
Proposal
Demolition of existing buildings and comprehensive development of the site comprising 170 sqm commercial floorspace within B1, retail and/or food and drink uses (A1, A2, A3, A4 & A5) and 497 no. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 bedroom residential units (C3) plus associated energy centre, car and cycle parking, landscape, public, communal and private amenity space. (Date received 27/01/12, revised plans, documents and description received 5/10/12 and 12.02.2014)
- Received
- 2 December 2011
- Council
- London Borough of Havering
- Ward
- South Hornchurch
- ReceivedReceived2 Dec
- ValidatedValidated2 Dec
- Consult.Consultation31 Jan
- TargetTarget Date20 Feb
- DecidedDecided28 Jan
Decided in 1153 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Former Somerfield Depot New Road Rainham RM13 8DB. Havering has handled 1,984 applications of this type. There are no previous applications recorded 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 8DB
- Application type
- Planning application
- Scale / size
- Large
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 December 2011
- Consultation expiry
- 30 November 2012
- Consultation start
- 28 January 2015
- Neighbour consultation start
- 10 January 2012
- Neighbour consultation end
- 31 January 2012
- Last date for comments
- 30 November 2012
- Target decision date
- 20 February 2015
- Committee meeting
- 24 April 2014
- Permission expires
- 28 January 2018
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Catherine Williams Savills 33 Margaret Street London W1G 0JD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 1176 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 9 November 2012
- Advertisement expiry
- 30 November 2012
- Site notice start
- 9 November 2012
- Site notice end
- 30 November 2012
Additional information
- Documents
- 132
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Brownfield land register: Former Somerfield Depot New RoadRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
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 (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.
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