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97 Greengate Street Plaistow London E13 0BG

26/00630/CLECertificate of Lawfulness Existing UseRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 10 June 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Application for a lawful development certificate existing for the use as large HMO (Use Class Sui Generis). The use extends across the entirety of the building at 97 Greengate Street and has been carried out continuously for a period exceeding ten years.

Received
26 March 2026
Ward
Plaistow North
Agent
Michael Swords Studio
  1. Received26 Mar
  2. Validated26 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Jun

Decided in 76 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 97 Greengate Street Plaistow London E13 0BG. Newham has handled 237 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer than Newham's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Plaistow North. We hold 648 applications in total for the E13 postcode area.

85% of amendment 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 0BG
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness Existing Use
Parish
Plaistow Community Forum

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Michael Swords Studio
Architect profile
MICHAEL SWORDS STUDIO LIMITED
Agent address
3rd Floor 86-90 Paul Street London EC2A 4NE United Kingdom

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Former Bus Garage Site, Corner Of Perth Road, Greengate Street, Plaistow, LondonRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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