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39 Westbury Road Forest Gate London E7 8BU

26/00042/PREHHPrior Approval Householder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 20 February 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Prior notification application for the construction of a single-storey ground floor rear extension. The details submitted are as follows: The proposed extension will extend beyond the rear wall by 5.00m The maximum height of the proposed extension from the natural ground level is 3.00m The height at eaves level of the proposed extension measured from the natural ground level is 2.70m

Received
12 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Green Street West
Agent
Concept 55 Ltd
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated12 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Feb

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a rear extension at 39 Westbury Road Forest Gate London E7 8BU. Newham has handled 694 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Newham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Green Street West. We hold 934 applications in total for the E7 postcode area.

80% of outline 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 8BU
Application type
Prior Approval Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Forest Gate Community Forum

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Concept 55 Ltd
Architect profile
CONCEPT 55 LIMITED
Agent address
95 Springfield Drive Barkingside ILFORD IG2 6QT

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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: Newham

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

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