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39 Borwick Avenue, Walthamstow, London, E17 6RA

230588Full PlanningRefused
Full

Refused on 12 June 2023

Council decision: Refused (with Reasons)Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Continuation of use as a small house in multiple occupation (HMO) (Use Class C4) for occupancy by up to three people.

Received
29 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
William Morris
  1. Received29 Mar
  2. Validated29 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Jun

Decided in 75 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 39 Borwick Avenue, Walthamstow, London, E17 6RA. Waltham Forest has handled 651 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 3 weeks longer than Waltham Forest's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 129 applications across William Morris. We hold 2,000 applications in total for the E17 postcode area.

75% of full applications at London Borough of Waltham Forest were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
E17 6RA
Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 March 2023
Application expires
15 June 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
78 days

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Article 4 direction: Other Article 4 Direction Area
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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: Waltham Forest

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

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