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Fairlop Waters Country Park, Forest Road, Hainault, Ilford, IG6 3HN

Granted Redbridge 2377/25 Full Planning Permission

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Construction of a 1.6km long 2.5m wide path linking Fairlop Station entrance with Wood Henge entrance (on footpath 94) with seating areas and wayfinding signage. Construction of a new entrance on Station Road including a new play area. Construction of two signage shelters Welcome Zones (one near to Fairlop Waters Boat House and one embedded into the new path near Station Road entrance). (Summary).

As published by the council, reference 2377/25

Application record

Reference
2377/25
Type
Full Planning Permission
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Granted/Approved - with conditions
Received
19 Aug 2025
Validated
22 Aug 2025
Decided
19 Nov 2025
Ward
Aldborough
Decision by
Delegated C/Signed G. Cooper
Postcode
IG6 3HN

Site history

Applications at this address on the Redbridge register

This site has had 3 applications since 2022: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 3600/25 Awaiting decision

    Fairlop Waters Country Park, Forest Road, Hainault, Ilford, IG6 3HN

    Permanent retention of events marquee in its current location. (summary)

    Submitted 23 Dec 2025 Full applications
  • 3203/22 Granted

    Fairlop Waters Country Park, Forest Road, Hainault, Ilford, IG6 3HN

    Temporary retention of marquee (Summary).

    Decided 28 Apr 2023 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 19 Aug 2025

    Received by Redbridge

  2. 22 Aug 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 19 Nov 2025

    Decision issued: Granted/Approved - with conditions

  4. 12 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • 2377/25/01 Granted

    Fairlop Waters Country Park, Forest Road, Ilford, IG6 3HN

    Discharge of conditions for approved permission 2377/25: Environmental Permit (condition 3); Ecology (condition 4); BNG plan (condition 5); Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan (BNG) (condition 6) (summary)

    Decided 3 Jun 2026 Conditions

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

28 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Redbridge granted permission on 19 November 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About full applications

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