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Cumberland Road, London, E13 8LQ

25/01795/COUFull planning permissionRefused
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Refused on 13 October 2025

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Proposal

Change of use of an existing single-storey commercial unit (Use Class B8 – storage and distribution) to Use Class F1 (learning and non-residential institution) for operation as a community-focused tuition centre. The proposed use will provide after-school educational support in core subjects (Maths, English, Science) for local children aged 5–16. Minor internal alterations are proposed to create classrooms, a reception area, and staff facilities. No external alterations or extensions are planned. The tuition centre will operate at low intensity during weekday evenings (5pm–7pm) and weekend mornings (10am–12pm), with students arriving primarily on foot or by public transport. This proposal brings a currently vacant unit back into active use, supporting local educational needs in line with Newham’s community infrastructure policies.

Submitted
18 August 2025
  1. Received18 Aug
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Cumberland Road, London, E13 8LQ. Newham has handled 362 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across PSOUTH. We hold 648 applications in total for the E13 postcode area.

74% of full planning permission applications at London Borough of Newham were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
E13 8LQ
Application type
Full planning permission

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Newham

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