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3 Manchester Road, London, E14 3BD

PA/26/00879/A3Class E to resiRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 14 July 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Application for Prior Approval under Class MA, Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development Order) 2015 (as Amended) for change of use of ground floor commercial unit (Use Class E) to 2 residential dwellings (Use Class C3)

Received
2 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Island Gardens
Agent
Studio Jayga Architects
  1. Received2 Jun
  2. Validated2 Jun
  3. Consult.7 Jul
  4. Target28 Jul
  5. Decided14 Jul

Decided in 42 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 3 Manchester Road, London, E14 3BD. Tower Hamlets has handled 7,432 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the Chapel House conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Island Gardens. We hold 1,276 applications in total for the E14 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. - The submitted Flood Risk Assessment fails to comply with the requirements for site- specific flood risk assessments and does not adequately assess the flood risks posed by the development, contrary to condition MA.2.—(2)(c) of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)
  2. - The site is immediately adjacent to commerical premises (public house). In the absence of a noise impact assessment or other acoustic evidence, it has not been demonstrated that the impacts of noise from commercial premises on the intended occupiers of the development would be acceptable. The proposal therefore fails to comply with condition MA.2.—(2)(d) of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)
  3. - The proposed development would result in habitable rooms that would receive limited levels of natural light due to the reliance on rooflights. The proposal has therefore failed to demonstrate that adequate natural light in all habitable rooms would be provided. The proposal fails to comply with condition MA.2.—(2)(f) of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
E14 3BD
Application type
Class E to resi
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 June 2026
Consultation end
7 July 2026
Target decision date
28 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Studio Jayga Architects
Architect profile
STUDIO JAYGA ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
1 Dock Road, Royal Docks, London, E16 1AH

Planning decision

Case officer
Nick Graves
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Chapel House
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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