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39 Tower Hamlets Road Forest Gate London E7 9DA

26/00006/HHHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 9 April 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of loft conversion with mansard roof comprising two dormer windows to the main front roof slope and a dormer window with juliet balcony to the rear roof slope with a dormer projecting along the outrigger, and external render finish applied to existing brickwork. (amended description)

Received
5 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Forest Gate North
Agent
UNFOLD Architecture + Design Ltd
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated5 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 94 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 39 Tower Hamlets Road Forest Gate London E7 9DA. Newham has handled 781 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 weeks longer than Newham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Forest Gate North. We hold 934 applications in total for the E7 postcode area.

85% of full 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
E7 9DA
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Forest Gate Community Forum

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
UNFOLD Architecture + Design Ltd
Architect profile
UNFOLD ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN LTD
Agent address
47a Kings Grove LONDON SE15 2LY

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
15
Constraints
2

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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Newham

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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