We have been informed that the appeal to the Planning Inspectorate for refusal of ‘Retrospective planning permission for change of use of industrial estate to car sales and ancillary uses together with extensions and recladding of buildings, laying of gravel hardstanding, creation of landscape bund, lighting columns and security barrier’, at White Post Farm, Ockendon Road, Upminster, has been dismissed.

The original retrospective application was refused by Havering Council on a number of grounds, including that ‘…the use fails to preserve or enhance the character and appearance of the North Ockendon Conservation Area…’ and that ‘The scale and intensity of the proposed use evidenced through the expansion of the site into previously undeveloped areas along with the number of vehicles and associated ancillary development would be detrimental to existing local character and thereby in conflict with Havering Local Plan 2016-2031 Policy 26…’.

Details of the original planning application can be found on Havering Council’s website via LBH Planning Applications Search and entering P0603.25 in the Reference search box.

By Editor on 9th November 2026   /   News   /   Leave a comment