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147 Knapp Road, London, E3 4BP

PA/26/00483/NCCert. of Law. Existing Dev. (TCPA S191)Refused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 13 May 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for Certificate of Lawfulness is respect of existing use of the property as a small HMO Class (C4) which was established at property in March 2007 prior to the Article 4 Direction coming into force on 1st January 2021 and the property has continued to be used as HMO until date

Received
17 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bromley South
Agent
MEK Town Planning and Design Consultants Ltd
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 May
  5. Decided13 May

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 147 Knapp Road, London, E3 4BP. Tower Hamlets has handled 301 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in the Swaton Road conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

97% of amendment 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
E3 4BP
Application type
Cert. of Law. Existing Dev. (TCPA S191)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2026
Target decision date
12 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
MEK Town Planning and Design Consultants Ltd
Agent address
Flat 14 Clive House, Haddo Street, Greenwich, London, SE10 9RH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Swaton Road
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Tower Hamlets

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