Autosuporta Ltd, 100a Walden Avenue Rainham RM13 8DS Data via plota.co.uk

D0312.26 Approved
Change of useCommercial premises

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed change of use from Use Class B2 (General industrial) to Use Class B8 (Storage or distribution) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 Jul 2026
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Validated
31 Jul 2026
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Approved
24 Sept 2026

Approved on 24 Sept 2026 · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

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Site constraints 9

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 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 ↗
Archaeological priority area: Potential prehistoric deposits may be buried beneath gravel deposits.
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: Havering 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 ↗
Opportunity area
Where the London Plan expects significant growth.
Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.
Also on the record
Local nature reserve about 357 m away: Beam Valley (Environment Agency); Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Havering built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 2 (poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; National infrastructure project about 1357 m away: London Strategic Heat Main Project, at pre-application.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 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, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI), 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

Council
Havering
Postcode
RM13 8DS
Received
27 Jul 2026
Validated
31 Jul 2026
Ward
Beam Park
Case officer
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Target decision
25 Sept 2026
Decision
PP not required Conditions/Reasons
Decision date
24 Sept 2026
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, 5 days faster than Havering's median of 60 for changes of use. Approved, as 58% of changes of use here are.

44%decided within 8 weeks
58%approved
104decided in the last year

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

Havering
Planning Authority Score
2.5/10
Poor
#251 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Havering is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #202 out of 296. 47% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Havering is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 83% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 83% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Havering decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
74%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #290 of 296
83%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #262 of 296
56%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #202 of 296
47%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #207 of 296
42%
Minor dwellings approved
156 decided (1-9 homes)
83%
Major dwellings approved
12 decided (10+ homes)
29%
Change of use approved
101 decided
1,501
Total decisions
385 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings