The Willows Sports And Social Club, Forest Road, Hainault, Ilford, IG6 3SL Data via plota.co.uk

2310/26 - Works to TPO Tree(s) Approved

Proposal

TPO - T1 (Weeping Willow) - Reduce overall canopy by 8M (approx 40%). T2 Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 28 Oct 2026, 02:32

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Application progress

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Received

4 Sept 2026

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Approved

1 Oct 2026

Approved on 1 Oct 2026 · Delegated C/Signed G. Cooper · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 6

Green belt: London

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. 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.

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: 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.

Council record ↗

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Public transport access: PTAL 0 (very poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 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.

Building

Floor area1,646 m² (17,717 sq ft)

Energy ratingC (asset rating 71)

UseD2 General Assembly and Leisure plus Night Clubs and Theatres

HeatingAir Conditioning

From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2020, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: Redbridge
Application type: Works to TPO Tree(s)
Postcode: IG6 3SL
Received: 4 Sept 2026
Validated: 4 Sept 2026
Ward: Hainault
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 29 Oct 2026
Decision: Granted/Approved - with conditions
Decision date: 1 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated C/Signed G. Cooper
Applicant: Show
Agent: kempster and sons tree services

How this decision compares

Decided in 27 days from validation, 4 days slower than Redbridge's median of 23 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 89% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one27d

Council23d

UK36d

100%decided within 8 weeks

89%approved

345decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Redbridge in the last twelve months, from validation. Redbridge decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15200772
Comments by: 24 Sept 2026
Site or press notice: 4 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 2 Oct 2026

Redbridge

Planning Authority Score

4.5/10

Below average

#174 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.