Denmark Arms 381 Barking Road East Ham London E6 1LA Data via plota.co.uk

26/00821/LBC - Listed Building Consent Refused

Proposal

Change of use of the ground floor of the vacant former public house (The Denmark Arms) to an Adult Gaming Centre (AGC) (sui generis) (Application site is located within East Ham Town Centre Conservation Area and is a Grade II Listed Building and affects the settings of Grade II Listed Buildings). Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

Received
6 May 2026
Refused
26 Jun 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 26 Jun 2026 · Committee decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 38

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

Archaeological priority area
An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.
The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.
Air quality management area: Newham 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.
Council record ↗
Town centre: East Ham
A designated centre in the London Plan.
Shops, services and active frontages are protected in centres, and main town centre uses are steered here first.
Also on the record
Inside the Newham built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument 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.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Newham - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Important details

Council
Newham
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
E6 1LA
Received
6 May 2026
Validated
6 May 2026
Ward
East Ham
Parish
East Ham Community Forum
Case officer
Show
Decision
Refuse
Decision date
26 Jun 2026
Decision level
Committee decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Bidwells

How this decision compares

Decided in 51 days from validation, 5 days faster than Newham's median of 56 for changes of use. Refused, as 59% of changes of use here are.

68%decided within 8 weeks
41%approved
100decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Newham in the last twelve months, from validation. Newham decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Env. assessment
No
Newham
Planning Authority Score
3.7/10
Below average
#211 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Newham ranks #191 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (87%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Newham decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
83%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #239 of 296
87%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #233 of 296
59%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #191 of 296
39%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #140 of 296
51%
Minor dwellings approved
67 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
2 decided (10+ homes)
59%
Change of use approved
51 decided
989
Total decisions
170 refused in the year to March 2026