Newham University Hospital Glen Road Plaistow London E13 8SL

26/00055/PREPVPrior Approval Solar Photovoltaics (PV)Approved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 4 March 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Required & GivenDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Prior Approval application for the installation of Solar PV panels across 14 blocks at Newham University Hospital.

Received: 13 January 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Newham
Ward: Plaistow South

ReceivedReceived13 Jan
ValidatedValidated13 Jan
Consult.Consultation3 Mar
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided4 Mar

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Newham University Hospital Glen Road Plaistow London E13 8SL. Newham has handled 694 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Newham's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Plaistow South. We hold 648 applications in total for the E13 postcode area.

80% of outline 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 8SL
Application type: Prior Approval Solar Photovoltaics (PV)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Plaistow Community Forum

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 January 2026
Last date for comments: 3 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: WSP
Agent address: 110 Queen Street Glasgow G1 3BX United Kingdom

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 44
Constraints: 3

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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.

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.

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13 Jan
Prior Approval application for the installation of Solar PV panels across 14 blocks at Newham University…
This applicationApprovedOutline26/00055/PREPV

Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Newham

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

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