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Search the Public Notice PortalA GP surgery in Romford has had its expansion plans blocked for the second time.
North Street Medical Care was hoping to convert an empty house at 1 Parkside Avenue into a GP surgery, to act as an extension to its existing practice in North Street.
The proposals included infilling the garage and building a single-storey extension at the back of the property to create four new appointment rooms, a waiting area, an extra office space and staff break-out and welfare facilities.
While a similar application was refused in July 2025 due to concerns about the impact of "noise and disturbance" on neighbouring properties, Havering Council blocked the proposals this time around due to potential parking issues.
Three staff parking spaces were planned at the front of 1 Parkside Avenue but no patient parking was proposed on site.
Instead, planning documents revealed that visitors would be able park at the existing North Street site, or use the nearby Neyzen Restaurant car park under a "parking space lease agreement" that the GP had agreed with the eatery.
This agreement was mentioned in some of the 19 letters of representation received about the plans, with one resident commenting that "parking provided by Neyzen Restaurant is not a long term solution, as it's only feasible whilst the restaurant is in business".
The restaurant has since closed after its licence was stripped, and it is unclear if the same agreement would still stand with new venue The Triangle.
As a result, the council's planning officer concluded that the proposal would be "likely to result in an undesirable increase in on-street parking".
The officer's report said: "In the absence of a parking stress survey, a stand alone transport statement and any on-site parking provision for patients, it is considered that the proposal would therefore, be likely to result in an undesirable increase in on-street parking to the detriment of highway safety and residential amenity.
"The proposal would lead to an intensification of the highway and would cause interference with the safety and free flow of traffic on this highway."
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