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179 Forest Lane Forest Gate London E7 9BB

26/00770/CLPCertificate of Lawfulness Proposed UseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 16 June 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Application for a lawful development certificate (proposed) for the lawful development application from a existing shop (Use class E) into a proposed restaurant (Use class E)

Received
14 April 2026
Ward
Forest Gate North
Agent
K Studios Property Services Ltd
  1. Received14 Apr
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Jun

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 179 Forest Lane Forest Gate London E7 9BB. Newham has handled 694 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Newham's typical decision time. The site is in the Forest Gate Town Centre conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Forest Gate North. We hold 932 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 9BB
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Forest Gate Community Forum

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
K Studios Property Services Ltd
Agent address
Office 675, 321-323 High Road Chadwell Heath RM6 6AX United Kingdom

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Forest Gate Town Centre
  • Brownfield land register: Land At 89 To 93 Woodgrange Road, Forest Gate, London, E7 0EPRegister 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 (20)

flood storage 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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