194 - 200 High Road, Chadwell Heath, Romford, Barking And Dagenham, RM6 6LU Data via plota.co.uk

25/01526/FULL - Full Planning Permission Refused

Proposal

Change of use of the existing storage unit (Use Class B8) to a car parts retail unit with light vehicle servicing (Use Class E) including changes to the side fenestration Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
26 Oct 2025
✓
Validated
30 Oct 2025
✗
Refused
23 Dec 2025
✗
Appeal dismissed
25 Jun 2026

Refused on 23 Dec 2025 · Last checked 19 Oct 2026

Licences at this address

  • Licence One Love Carribean Restaurant Limited Premises licence · in force since 6 Jun 2024 · elsewhere in the building Licensed hours: alcohol until 22:30
    Food hygiene rating: 5 (Very good)Rated as One Love Caribbean Restaurant · Inspected 5 Aug 2025
  • Licence Tav Supermarket Premises licence · in force since 25 Jul 2019 · elsewhere in the building Licensed hours: alcohol until 23:00 (Sun 22:00)

Licensed hours are what the licence permits, not opening times.

Site constraints 6

Article 4 direction
HMO Article 4. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
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: Barking and Dagenham 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: Chadwell Heath
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 Barking and Dagenham built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 2 (poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 17 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) 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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
RM6 6LU
Received
26 Oct 2025
Validated
30 Oct 2025
Ward
Whalebone
Case officer
Show
Target decision
25 Dec 2025
Decision
Refused
Decision date
23 Dec 2025
Appeal
Dismissed · 25 Jun 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6008321 ↗
Applicant
Show
Agent
Maplin Engineering Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 54 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Refused, as 46% of changes of use here are.

66%decided within 8 weeks
54%approved
169decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
25 Dec 2025
Barking and Dagenham
Planning Authority Score
6.4/10
Average
#81 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Barking and Dagenham is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #9 out of 296. Only 16% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Barking and Dagenham is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 68% approved vs 90% nationally.

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Barking and Dagenham decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
64%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #296 of 296
68%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #296 of 296
93%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #9 of 296
16%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #13 of 296
43%
Minor dwellings approved
86 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
7 decided (10+ homes)
28%
Change of use approved
80 decided
725
Total decisions
260 refused in the year to March 2026