Ada Lewis & Bearstead Court, 28 Underwood Road, London E1 5AW Data via plota.co.uk

PA/26/01305/NC - Cert. of Law. Proposed Dev. (TCPA S192) Approved

Proposal

Application for certificate of lawfulness for Ada Lewis & Bearstead Court in respect of: - Careful removal of brickwork to insert fire cavity barriers at compartment walls and floors. - Store removed brick on site for reinstating. - Reinstating the brickwork as existing. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Jul 2026
✓
Approved
22 Sept 2026

Approved on 22 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Site constraints 8

Air quality management area: Tower Hamlets AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
9 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Albert Family Dwellings, Grade II, about 53 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 8 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Opportunity area
Where the London Plan expects significant growth.
Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1103 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel; Wider setting of protected view 25A.1 City Hall to the White Tower; Conservation area about 52 m away: Fournier Street; Inside the Tower Hamlets built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6a (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Application type
Cert. of Law. Proposed Dev. (TCPA S192)
Postcode
E1 5AW
Received
28 Jul 2026
Validated
28 Jul 2026
Ward
Spitalfields and Banglatown
Case officer
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Target decision
22 Sept 2026
Decision
Permit
Decision date
22 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
PRP

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 88% of extensions here are.

67%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
329decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Tower Hamlets in the last twelve months, from validation. Tower Hamlets decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
22 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
Tower Hamlets
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#201 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Tower Hamlets is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #207 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Tower Hamlets decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #229 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #167 of 296
56%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #207 of 296
42%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #167 of 296
63%
Minor dwellings approved
52 decided (1-9 homes)
80%
Major dwellings approved
15 decided (10+ homes)
55%
Change of use approved
67 decided
998
Total decisions
164 refused in the year to March 2026