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735 - 737 Barking Road Plaistow London E13 9PL

23/01915/PRECOUPrior Approval Change of UseRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 1 November 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Required & RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval for change of use of existing vacant offices (Use Class E) on part of the ground floor, first and second floors into 14 residential dwellings (C3).

Received
6 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Plaistow North
Agent
PPM Planning Limited
  1. Received6 Sep
  2. Validated6 Sep
  3. Consult.24 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 735 - 737 Barking Road Plaistow London E13 9PL. Newham has handled 237 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Plaistow North. We hold 648 applications in total for the E13 postcode area.

85% of amendment applications at London Borough of Newham were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
E13 9PL
Application type
Prior Approval Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
14
Parish
Green Street Community Forum

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 September 2023
Last date for comments
24 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
PPM Planning Limited
Agent address
185 Casewick Road West Norwwod London SE270TA United Kingdom

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Francis House, 760 - 762 Barking Road, Plaistow, London, E13 9PJRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (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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© 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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