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5 Yeo Street, London, E3 3QP

PA/26/00358/A1Class E to resiRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 23 April 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedPlanning committee3 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Application for Prior Approval under Class MA, Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as Amended) for change of use of ground and mezzanine (first) floors from commercial floorspace (Class E) to 30 self-contained units (Class C3).

Received
26 February 2026
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
18
Ward
Bromley South
Agent
Lambert and Foster (Bloomfields) Ltd
  1. Received26 Feb
  2. Validated26 Feb
  3. Consult.7 Apr
  4. Target23 Apr
  5. Decided23 Apr

Decided in 56 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 5 Yeo Street, London, E3 3QP. Tower Hamlets has handled 7,432 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Bromley South. We hold 1,078 applications in total for the E3 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. - The proposal fails to demonstrate that the floorspace has been used as Class E use for a continuous period of at least 2 years prior to the date of the application. The proposal therefore fails to comply with condition MA.1 (b) of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
  2. - Operational development is proposed including external alterations to the building at ground and mezzanine floors. Operational development does not fall under class MA, part 3, schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
  3. - The submission has not demonstrated that the dwellings would meet the nationally described space standards, contrary to sub- paragraph (9A) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
E3 3QP
Application type
Class E to resi
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
30

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 February 2026
Consultation expiry
7 April 2026
Consultation end
7 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
7 April 2026
Target decision date
23 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lambert and Foster (Bloomfields) Ltd
Agent address
Bloomfields, 77 Commercial Road, Paddock Wood, Kent, TN12 6DS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
7 April 2026
Site notice start
16 March 2026
Site notice end
7 April 2026

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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