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Roads and highway licences
Planning roads
Particularly busy major roads are known as planning roads because you need approval from the planning department before you can place skips or carry any type of work on them.
If you live on one of these roads you will need planning approval for any work that might disrupt the highway, including:
- work on your garden
- any type of exterior construction work
To get approval for work on planning roads
Contact:
Planning Department
020 8227 3933
List of planning roads
| Road name | |
|---|---|
| Abbey Road | North Circular |
| Ballards Road | Porters Avenue |
| Eastern Avenue | Rainham Road North |
| Fanshawe Avenue | Rainham Road South |
| Green Lane | Relief Road |
| Heathway | Ripple Road |
| High Road/London Road | St Pauls Road |
| Ilford lane | Whalebone Lane North |
| Lodge Avenue from Porters Avenue (even numbers 316–518 odd numbers 351–531) |
Whalebone Lane South |
| Longbridge Road | Wood Lane |