Lake Forest House, Forest Road, Ilford, IG6 3HJ Data via plota.co.uk

2234/26 - Full Planning Permission Under assessment

Proposal

Refurbishment of fire damaged building, including a first floor and roof extension and subdivision into two units. Alterations to fenestration. Change of use from a Gymnasium (E(d)) to flexible use comprising General Industrial (B2), Light Industrial (E(g)(iii)) and Storage and Distribution (B8) with associated car parking, EV charging bays, cycle parking, bin and recycling storage, servicing bays and access arrangements. (Summary). Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 12 Sept 2026, 08:05

Application progress

✓

Received

3 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 28 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 1 Oct 2026 and 9 Oct 2026, from Redbridge's recent extensions. Comments are open until 28 Sept 2026.

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Documents

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Site constraints 3

Locally significant industrial site

A borough-level industrial site.

Boroughs protect these sites for industrial and related uses.

Air quality management area: Redbridge AQMA

The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.

Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.

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Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. A site survey can differ.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Redbridge
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Postcode: IG6 3HJ
Received: 3 Sept 2026
Validated: 3 Sept 2026
Ward: Fairlop
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 28 Oct 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Dovetail Architects Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 11 of the 56-day target. Redbridge usually decides extensions by day 31.

prediction

Day 1145 days to the 56-day target

88%decided within 8 weeks

85%approved

1,288decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Redbridge in the last twelve months, from validation. Redbridge decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15180008
Comments by: 28 Sept 2026
Site or press notice: 8 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 28 Sept 2026

Redbridge

Planning Authority Score

4.5/10

Below average

#174 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

Redbridge ranks #129 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Redbridge is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 82% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils

only 82% approved vs 90% nationally

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Redbridge decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

72%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #292 of 296

82%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #267 of 296

69%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #129 of 296

34%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #90 of 296

57%

Minor dwellings approved

152 decided (1-9 homes)

83%

Major dwellings approved

12 decided (10+ homes)

32%

Change of use approved

192 decided

1,673

Total decisions

461 refused in the year to March 2026