633 Commercial Road, London, E14 7NT

PA/25/02067/A1Full Planning PermissionRefused

Full

Refused on 13 January 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)4 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Change of use of existing outhouse (fronting Barnes Street, within the curtilage of 633 Commercial Road, Limehouse, E14 7NT) to a self- contained studio apartment (Use Class C3).

Received: 1 December 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Ward: St Dunstans

ReceivedReceived1 Dec
ValidatedValidated1 Dec
Consult.Consultation27 Dec
TargetTarget Date26 Jan
DecidedDecided13 Jan

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 633 Commercial Road, London, E14 7NT. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the York Square conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across St Dunstans. We hold 1,275 applications in total for the E14 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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Why it was refused

- The development would fail to provide adequate levels of daylight and sunlight into the studio flat resulting in a substandard unit of accommodation for future occupiers of the dwelling, thus fails to comply with policy D.DH8 of the Tower Hamlets Local Plan 2031: Managing Growth and Sharing Benefits (January 2020).
- The studio unit fails to provide a satisfactory standard of accommodation due to the lack of private outdoor amenity space, resulting in a substandard unit of accommodation for future occupiers of the dwelling and neighbouring flats A, B and C of No. 633 Commercial Road contrary to policy D6 of the London Plan and policy D.H3 of the Tower Hamlets Local Plan 2031: Managing Growth and Sharing Benefits (January 2020).
- The proposed cycle space is not fit-for-purpose as it requires additional manual handling and does not allow for secure locking of the main body frame and both wheels of the cycle. As such, fails to comply with policies STR1 and D.TR3 of the Tower Hamlets Local Plan 2031: Managing Growth and Sharing Benefits (January 2020).
- The floor to ceiling height of the development fails to comply with the minimum floor to ceiling height set out policy D6 of the London Plan (2021).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode: E14 7NT
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 December 2025
Consultation expiry: 27 December 2025
Consultation end: 27 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start: 4 December 2025
Target decision date: 26 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 45 Mons Avenue, Baldock, Hertfordshire, SG76JX

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 11 December 2025
Site notice start: 4 December 2025

Appeal

Appeal reference: 6003591

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 16

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: York Square
Listed building: Grade II: 2-10, Barnes Street E1On or next to this site
Article 4 direction: Limehouse 2Part of the site
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.

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.

Source: Tower Hamlets

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