43 Waverley Gardens, Barking, Barking And Dagenham, IG11 0BH Data via plota.co.uk

25/00674/FULL - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Retrospective application for the change of use of the dwellinghouse (Use Class C3b) to a live-in care facility (Use Class C2) for up to 4no residents Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
2 May 2025
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Validated
13 May 2025
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Committee
15 Oct 2025
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Approved
16 Oct 2025

Approved on 16 Oct 2025 · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Barking and Dagenham Planning Committee on 15 Oct 2025.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because specialist care needs outweighed family-housing loss and amenity concerns, subject to conditions.
  • Residents raised concerns about noise, nuisance, parking, the commercial nature of the use and the loss of family homes.
  • The committee agreed approval reasons and delegated permission subject to conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, committee questions and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Barking and Dagenham's committee minutes of 15 Oct 2025.

Documents 18

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Opportunity area
Where the London Plan expects significant growth.
Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.
Also on the record
Inside the Barking and Dagenham built-up area; Designated open space about 48 m away.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 26 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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.

Sales history 5

Last sold for £170,000 in June 2018. Terraced house, freehold.

15 June 2018£170,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
1 November 2010£205,000
20 December 2002£150,000
14 August 1996£57,950
22 February 1996£31,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
IG11 0BH
Received
2 May 2025
Validated
13 May 2025
Ward
Thames View
Case officer
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Target decision
31 Oct 2025
Decision
Approved
Decision date
16 Oct 2025
Applicant
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Agent
Firstplan
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 156 days from validation, 100 days slower than Barking and Dagenham's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 54% of changes of use here are.

62%decided within 8 weeks
54%approved
167decided 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
31 Oct 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.