Furniture Warehouse, 8 Porters Avenue, Dagenham, Barking And Dagenham, RM8 2AQ Data via plota.co.uk

26/01246/FULL - Full Planning Permission Consultation/Publicity

Proposal

Change of use of the ground floor retail unit to a restaurant (Use Class E(b)) including alterations to the front elevation, installation of an extraction flue to the rear elevation and associated works Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
week of 28 Sept 2026
✓
Validated
4 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 29 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 29 Nov 2026, from Barking and Dagenham's recent changes of use.

Site constraints 5

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
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 ↗
Also on the record
Local nature reserve about 469 m away: Parsloe's Park Squatts; Inside the Barking and Dagenham built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 3 (moderate), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 7 October 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, 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £32,200 in October 1999. Terraced house, leasehold.

19 October 1999£32,200

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
RM8 2AQ
Received
week of 28 Sept 2026
Validated
4 Oct 2026
Ward
Parsloes
Case officer
Show
Target decision
29 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Archilogical

Decision outlook

Day 5 of the 56-day target. Barking and Dagenham usually decides changes of use by day 56.

Day 551 days to the 56-day target
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
29 Nov 2026
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.