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Tennis Courts South Of Jean Brown Indoor Arena, Redbridge Sports And Leisure Complex, Forest Road, Ilford

0860/25Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 1 August 2025

Council decision: Granted/Approved - with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from 2no. tennis courts into 3no. padel courts with new glass panels, fencing panels with lighting and all weather canopy. (Summary).

Received
24 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Fairlop
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated10 Apr
  3. Consult.24 Jul
  4. Target4 Jun
  5. Decided1 Aug

Decided in 113 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at TENNIS COURTS SOUTH OF JEAN BROWN INDOOR ARENA, REDBRIDGE SPORTS AND LEISURE COMPLEX, FOREST ROAD, ILFORD. Redbridge has handled 3,062 applications of this type. This one was decided in 130 days, 13 weeks longer than Redbridge's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 95 applications across Fairlop.

73% of full applications at London Borough of Redbridge were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
District
Neighbourhood CIL Area - North, BC Area 1 North (RC), DM Area - North/West, SANGS Catchment Zone - Roding Valley Park, SANGS Catchment Zone - Fairlop Waters Country Park, SANGS Catchment Zone - Claybury Park, SANGS Catchment Zone - Hainault Forest Country Park

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 April 2025
Consultation expiry
24 July 2025
Consultation end
24 July 2025
Target decision date
4 June 2025
Application expires
25 July 2025
Permission expires
31 July 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
106 days

Publicity

First advertised
4 July 2025
Site notice start
25 April 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13885720
UPRN
10090503468
Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Redbridge
  • 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, 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.

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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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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    14 Jan

    Discharge of conditions for approved permission 0860/25

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions0860/25/02
  2. 2025
    28 Aug

    Discharge of conditions for approved permission 0860/25

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions0860/25/01
  3. 2025
    24 Mar

    Change of use from 2no. tennis courts into 3no. padel courts with new glass panels, fencing panels with…

    This applicationApprovedFull0860/25

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    17 Oct

    Change of use from 1no. Tennis Court to 2no. Singles Padel Courts. (summary)

    PendingAll Other2533/26

Source: Redbridge

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