Planning application
70 Woodgrange Road Forest Gate London E7 0EN
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Prior Approval application for the change of use of the first floor ancillary commercial space of an existing commercial use to form one self-contained dwelling flat.
As published by the council, reference 25/02878/PRECOU
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02878/PRECOU
- Type
- Prior Approval Change of Use
- Status
- Rejected
- Decision
- Prior Approval Required & Refused
- Received
- 19 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 19 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 13 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Forest Gate North
- Parish
- Forest Gate Community Forum
- Decision by
- Delegated decision
- Postcode
- E7 0EN
Site history
Applications at this address on the Newham register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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26/00597/FUL Granted
70 Woodgrange Road Forest Gate London E7 0EN
Part change of use of first floor commercial use (Use Class E) to residential use (Use Class C3), with associated alterations to elevations including insertion of a residential entrance door within the existing shopfront. (This application site falls within Woodgrange Estate Conservation Area)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Dec 2025
Received by Newham
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13 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Required & Refused
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25 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Openeight Architects Agent, an architecture practice
2 applications on PlanIndex
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
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Newham refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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