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257, Eastern Avenue, Ilford, IG4 5AT

1114/25Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 29 August 2025

Council decision: Refuse Permission/ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from single dwelling (C3) to a small HMO (C4) for up to 6 people with associated waste/refuse and cycle store (Retrospective) (Summary)

Received
16 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Barkingside
  1. Received16 Apr
  2. Validated29 May
  3. Consult.29 Jun
  4. Target23 Jul
  5. Decided29 Aug

Decided in 92 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 257, Eastern Avenue, Ilford, IG4 5AT. Redbridge has handled 3,062 applications of this type. This one was decided in 135 days, 13 weeks longer than Redbridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 123 applications across Barkingside. We hold 293 applications in total for the IG4 postcode area.

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

Postcode
IG4 5AT
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
District
Neighbourhood CIL Area - North, BC Area 1 North (RC), DM Area - South/East, SANGS Catchment Zone - Roding Valley Park, SANGS Catchment Zone - Fairlop Waters Country Park

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 May 2025
Consultation expiry
29 June 2025
Consultation end
29 June 2025
Target decision date
23 July 2025
Application expires
29 June 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

First advertised
9 June 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13951379
UPRN
100022208260
Documents
10

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: Redbridge

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