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334 Hackney Road, London, E2 7AX

PA/26/00853/A1Refused
Prior approval

Refused on 8 July 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Refused4 reasons for refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Prior approval for the conversion of the unit into a self-contained 1-bedroom dwelling (C3)

Submitted
13 May 2026
Ward
Weavers
  1. Received13 May
  2. Validated13 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Jul

Decided in 56 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 334 Hackney Road, London, E2 7AX. Tower Hamlets has handled 7,432 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Hackney Road conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 105 applications across Weavers. We hold 910 applications in total for the E2 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. - The proposal does not satisfy the limitations of paragraph MA.1(1)(b) of Class MA in Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) as the application fails to demonstrate that the use of the building has fallen within a qualifying use specified in paragraph MA.1(2) for a continuous period of at least two years immediately prior to the date of the application.
  2. - The proposal does not fall within the scope of Class MA in Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) as the submitted plans include external alterations that constitute operational development and no evidence has been submitted to demonstrate that those works benefit from planning permission or permitted development rights.
  3. - The proposal would not constitute permitted development by virtue of Article 3(9A) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) and cannot be authorised under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA as the proposed dwelling would provide less than 50 square metres of gross internal floor area and would not comply with the Nationally Described Space Standard for a one-bedroom, two-person dwelling.
  4. - The proposal does not satisfy the requirements of paragraph MA.2(2)(f) of Class MA in Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) in that insufficient information has been submitted to demonstrate that adequate natural light would be provided to all habitable rooms as the proposed living accommodation relies upon rooflights and a new window which form part of operational development not authorised by Class MA.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
E2 7AX

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
David Rowley

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Hackney 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

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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