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20 Atherton Road Forest Gate London E7 9AJ

24/00255/COUChange of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 2 May 2024

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Conversion of a single dwelling to 2x self-contained flats.

Received
3 March 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Forest Gate South
Agent
Carpe Diem Architects
  1. Received3 Mar
  2. Validated3 Mar
  3. Consult.27 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 May

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 20 Atherton Road Forest Gate London E7 9AJ. Newham has handled 237 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Newham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 932 applications in total for the E7 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
E7 9AJ
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Forest Gate Community Forum

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 March 2024
Last date for comments
27 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Carpe Diem Architects
Agent address
175 Humberstone Road London E13 9NQ United Kingdom

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Brownfield land register: 3-5 McGrath Road, Forest Gate, London, E15 4FARegister 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.

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: Newham

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

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