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DEVELOPMENT AT LAND ON THE SW OF LEY STREET AND FORMER LEY STREET MULTI STOREY CAR PARK, SYLVAN ROAD, ILFORD

Awaiting decision Redbridge 2723/25 Major Application

Works: New dwelling Windows or glazing Major scheme

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Proposal

Redevelopment of former car park. Excavation of a Basement. Erection of three new buildings of part 5, part 6, 26, and 29 storeys in height comprising Commercial (Use Class E), 43no. Residential Dwellings (Class C3), Co-living Accommodation (407no. rooms) (Sui Generis) and purpose-built Student Accommodation (498no. rooms) (Sui Generis), and the construction of a new bus drivers' facility building with associated bin/cycle store within pavilion, parking, landscaping and public realm works. (AMENDMENTS). (Summary). Amendments: - Inclusion of substation enclosure; - increased disabled parking from 7 to 14 spaces with car club; - Flat block 1: Larger and fewer flats provided all as social housing (43No) instead of all shared ownership and addition of communal amenity space; - Co-living block 2: internal layouts to increase to 10% accessible rooms, alignment and height of pedestrian route, façade, windows opened to hallways, gym, and movement of block northwards by 1.1m; - Student block 3: Movement of residents lounge to eastern side facing play area, increase in internal communal amenity space by 67sqm - Increased size of TfL facility; - Corkers Path feasibility; and - Updated documents.

As published by the council, reference 2723/25

Application record

Reference
2723/25
Type
Major Application
Status
Under assessment
Received
25 Sep 2025
Validated
29 Oct 2025
Ward
Ilford Town

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 25 Sep 2025

    Received by Redbridge

  2. 29 Oct 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 26 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 28 January 2026, 13 weeks from validation under the statutory target. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Redbridge took a median of 39 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

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

154 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Redbridge for determination, against a statutory target of thirteen weeks. Over the last year Redbridge decided full applications in a median of 77 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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