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Gas Holder East Ham Sports Ground Southend Road East Ham London E6 2AA

26/00249/PREDEMPrior Approval DemolitionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 3 March 2026

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Application for prior approval for a proposed Gasholder frame (approximately 47m AOD) enclosed by a fenced compound and earthwork bund.

Received
4 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Wall End
  1. Received4 Feb
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.5 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Gas Holder East Ham Sports Ground Southend Road East Ham London E6 2AA. Newham has handled 694 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Newham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Wall End. We hold 1,503 applications in total for the E6 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
E6 2AA
Application type
Prior Approval Demolition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
East Ham Community Forum

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 February 2026
Last date for comments
5 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Quod
Agent address
Manor House 21 Soho Square London W1D 4NR United Kingdom

Additional information

Documents
16
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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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