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Search the Public Notice PortalAn empty Dagenham fishing shop that closed six months ago after 87 years of business could be brought back into use and split into three new shops.
Robertson's Fishing Tackle in Oxlow Lane closed its doors permanently in December last year and has sat empty since.
A planning application, lodged by applicant David Whitmore and agent Civils Consulting Ltd, outlines a proposal to split the premises into three new shops and create two new flats above them whilst retaining the one existing flat.
The business was founded by George Robertson in Plaistow in 1938 and moved to Dagenham in 2002.
The shop's closure followed a year-long dispute between owner Sam Dear and Barking and Dagenham Council, who closed the nearby Wantz Road car park in November 2024.
Sam previously told this paper that many of his regular customers were left with nowhere to park and therefore couldn't visit the shop anymore.
In June last year, Sam said he had been watching Robertson's "die" due to the lack of business.
Wantz Road car park was reopened by the council after a year but it proved too late for the future of Robertson's.
A post on the shop's Facebook page in December noted the closure was due to "increasing pressures on the business and sudden family bereavement".
According to a design and access statement submitted within the planning application, the redevelopment of the shop would include the "optimisation of an underutilised building", the "reinforcement of active frontage and commercial vitality" and the "delivery of high-quality residential accommodation".
The application does not specify what sort of shops may open here if the plans are approved.
The additional flats have been designed to "achieve a high standard of accommodation" and the full scheme "aligns with the objectives of good residential design and quality standards," according to a planning document.
The plans claim the proposal does not involve any increase in the overall footprint, height or bulk of the existing building.
An expected decision date on the proposal has not been specified by the council.
