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5-5A Sandys Row & 16 Artillery Passage, London, E1

PA/25/00413/A1Full Planning PermissionRefused
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Refused on 15 May 2025

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of the second floor from Class E(g)(i) [office] use to a two-bedroom self-contained (Class C3) residential unit.

Received
5 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Spitalfields and Banglatown
  1. Received5 Mar
  2. Validated5 Mar
  3. Consult.16 Apr
  4. Target30 Apr
  5. Decided15 May

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 5-5A Sandys Row & 16 Artillery Passage, London, E1. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the Artillery Passage conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Spitalfields and Banglatown.

83% of full applications at London Borough of Tower Hamlets were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 March 2025
Consultation expiry
16 April 2025
Consultation end
16 April 2025
Neighbour consultation start
18 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end
16 April 2025
Target decision date
30 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
ANIKE DARNELLE
Agent address
244 CORFIELD STREET, BETHNAL GREEN, LONDON, E2 0DP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
16 April 2025
Site notice start
25 March 2025
Site notice end
16 April 2025

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Artillery Passage
  • Listed building: Grade II: 16, Artillery Passage E1On this site · +7 more
  • Article 4 direction: Artillery Lane
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, 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.

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© 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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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    5 Mar

    Internal alterations to the second floor office space, including the introduction of new door opening and…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsidePA/25/00397/A1
  2. 2025
    5 Mar

    Change of use of the second floor from Class E(g)(i) [office] use to a two-bedroom self-contained (Class C3)…

    This applicationRefusedFullPA/25/00413/A1

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