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117, Balfour Road, Ilford, IG1 4HS

1786/26Cert. Lawfulness ProposedPermitted

Proposal

Use of a single room as a home office to operate as a Private Hire Vehicle opera

Received
12 August 2026
Decided
30 September 2026 · Lawful
Ward
Valentines
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received12 Aug
  2. Validated24 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Oct
  5. Decided30 Sep

Decided in 37 days (council typically 42)

6 weeks typical decision time in Redbridge88% of cert. lawfulness proposed applications approved

This is a planning application at 117, Balfour Road, Ilford, IG1 4HS. Redbridge has handled 74 applications of this type and approves 88% of them, typically deciding them in 10 days. This one was decided in 49 days, 6 weeks longer than Redbridge's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Valentines. We hold 1,190 applications in total for the IG1 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
1786/26
Address
117, Balfour Road, Ilford, IG1 4HS
Postcode
IG1 4HS
Local Authority
Redbridge
Application Type
Cert. Lawfulness Proposed
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Valentines

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
6 July 2026
Target Decision Date
6 October 2026
Date Decided
30 September 2026
Date Validated
24 August 2026
Date Submitted
12 August 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Lawful
Case Officer
Angela Hudson

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
6
Coordinates
51.563310, 0.075641
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Redbridge

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Planning constraints

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.

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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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