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Site Compound at Daling Way and opposite to Butley Court and rear of 26 and 28 Ford Street, London E3.

PA/26/00012/NCFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 21 May 2026

Delegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Retrospective application for temporary compound to enable on-going works, including parking, a skip, 2no. site offices, 1no. canteen/ drying room, WCs and 2no. storage containers and timber perimeter hoarding with a vehicle and pedestrian access gate.

Received
21 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bow West
  1. Received21 Jan
  2. Validated21 Jan
  3. Consult.17 Feb
  4. Target18 Mar
  5. Decided21 May

Decided in 120 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Site Compound at Daling Way and opposite to Butley Court and rear of 26 and 28 Ford Street , London E3.. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 9 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 194 applications across Bow West.

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

  1. - The visual impact of the compound, due to the industrial character the hoarding, and its prominent location within an open greenspace near the centre of the estate, would adversly impact the appearance and charater of the surrounding residental area, contrary to policy S.DH1 of the Tower Hamlets Local Plan: 2031 (2020).
  2. - The proposed development would adversely impact the residential amenity of occupiers of the neighbouring blocks of flats due to increased noise and disturbance arising from activity within, and comings and goings to, the site compound. Insufficient information has been provided to demonstrate that these impacts could be adequately mitigated. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies D.DH8 and D.ES9 of the Tower Hamlets Local Plan: 2031 (2020).
  3. - Insufficient information has been submitted in respect of vehicle tracking, delivery and servicing requirements, and the waste arrangement. The proposal is therfore contrary to policies D.TR2, D.TR4 and D.MW3 of the Tower Hamlets Local Plan: 2031 (2020).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 January 2026
Consultation expiry
17 February 2026
Consultation end
17 February 2026
Target decision date
18 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Potter Raper
Architect profile
POTTER RAPER LTD
Agent address
Duncan House Burnhill Road, Beckenham, BR3 3LA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

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: Driffield RoadPart of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Roman Road EastPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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