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Development At 656, Chigwell Road, Woodford Green

1522/25Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 19 September 2025

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Front access. Part first floor rear extension. Change of use from office into 1no. self-contained flat (first and second floor). (Summary).

Received
23 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bridge
  1. Received23 May
  2. Validated20 Jun
  3. Consult.15 Jul
  4. Target14 Aug
  5. Decided19 Sep

Decided in 91 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at DEVELOPMENT AT 656, CHIGWELL ROAD, WOODFORD GREEN. Redbridge has handled 3,062 applications of this type. This one was decided in 119 days, 11 weeks longer than Redbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Woodford Bridge conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Bridge.

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
Small
District
Neighbourhood CIL Area - West, BC Area 4 West (BA), 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
20 June 2025
Consultation expiry
15 July 2025
Consultation end
15 July 2025
Target decision date
14 August 2025
Application expires
17 July 2025
Permission expires
18 September 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

First advertised
25 June 2025
Site notice start
27 June 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14037153
UPRN
10097092224
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area+1 more
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Woodford Bridge, Bridge
  • 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, 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Redbridge

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