5 Cartwright Street, London, E1 8LY
Refused on 14 August 2025
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Demolition of existing single storey rear extension and conversion of a 4 bedroom terraced house into a 6 person HMO (Use Class C4) Proposal includes a vertical roof extension to create an additional floor, a new single storey rear extension to provide shared living accommodation, alterations to the front lean to and change of fenestration including to garage doors.
- Received
- 23 May 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Whitechapel
- Agent
- Weeks and Lafone Ltd.
- ReceivedReceived23 May
- ValidatedValidated23 May
- Consult.Consultation26 Jun
- TargetTarget Date18 Jul
- DecidedDecided14 Aug
Decided in 83 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at 5 Cartwright Street, London, E1 8LY. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 134 applications across Whitechapel. We hold 2,489 applications in total for the E1 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- E1 8LY
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 May 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 26 June 2025
- Consultation end
- 26 June 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 5 June 2025
- Target decision date
- 18 July 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Weeks and Lafone Ltd.
- Agent address
- 33 Boveney Road, Tatsfield, Kent, SE233NP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202522 Oct
Application for prior approval under schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General…
RefusedPrior Approval: Larger Home ExtensionPA/25/01870/NC - 202412 Jan
Proposed creation of an additional floor with a new roof light to the existing 3 storey building.
RefusedApplicationPA/23/02367/NC
Source: Tower Hamlets
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