104 flats and flexible space at Former White Horse Ph, Chadwell Heath

“Variation of conditions 1 (time limit), 2 (approved plans), 3 (accessible housing), 4 (external materials), 5 (vents, pipes or extracts), 7 (tree protection measures), 8 (soft and hard landscaping), 9 (urban greening factor), 10 (biodiversity net gain), 11 (children’s play space implementation), 12 (refuse and recycling), 13 (energy strategy), 14 (surface water drainage), 15 (fire strategy), 16 (air quality assessment), 18 (public house – hours of use), 19 (public house -…”

“Informative (not part of the development description): The varied proposal is for demolition of the existing buildings, and the construction of 104 new residential dwellings (C3 Use Class) together with flexible commercial / community space (Class E / F1 / F2) at the ground floor, public realm enhancements including hard and soft landscaping and associated access, servicing, cycle parking, and refuse and recycling stores.”

“The application site occupies a prominent position on the corner of the High Road and St Chad’s Road in Chadwell Heath. The site measures 0.31ha in size and it accommodated the former locally listed Former White Horse Public House.”

“The site has been vacant since early 2017 and the building was subject to two fires which badly damaged the structural integrity of the public house building.”

“Planning Permission (ref: 22/01757/FULL) was granted in 2024 for redevelopment of the Site, including the demolition of the existing derelict former public house. This consent was for 104 new dwellings included re-provision of a replacement public house. Planning history is set out in greater detail at Appendix 2.”

“However, the public house would not be re-provided as part of the proposal. Instead, two units for flexible commercial/community floorspace (Class E/F1/F2) would be provided on the ground floor. The applicant has set out that they have marketed the public houses for over two years and that they have had no interest from a public house operator in running the site.”

“The proposed amendment would result in the loss of public house floorspace re-provision. The previous application concluded that the former White Horse public house was of heritage value, given its local listing. Officers acknowledge that the building was largely destroyed by fire. However, in applying the policies for the protection of the public house, its value as a heritage asset was acknowledged.”

“The Chair mentioned that the affordable element had been discussed and agreed as part of the previous consent whilst this application was focused on the loss of the public house and associated changes only. That said the PDMO stated that the viability of the scheme had been independently reassessed as part of the application but it still showed a significant deficit to the extent that the applicant could not increase the affordable housing offer on the site.”

“One of the conditions talked about the use of external materials. Not for this application in particular but it would be useful for details of external materials to be presented as part of future applications.”

“Delegate authority to the Strategic Director of Inclusive Growth in consultation with the Head of Legal Services to grant planning permission based on the proposed updates to the legal agreement under s106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) set out in the updated Heads of Terms identified at Appendix 5 and the Conditions listed in Appendix 6 of this report, and…”

“That, if by 16 June 2026 the legal agreement has not been completed, the Strategic Director of Inclusive Growth is delegated authority to refuse planning permission or extend this timeframe to grant approval.”