Victoria And Alexandra Victoria Park West, Old Ford Road, London, E9 5DU Data via plota.co.uk

PA/26/01135/NC - Full Planning Permission Registered
Change of useCommercial premises

Proposal

Proposed change of use from community centre to caf�, proposed alterations to retained building and associated hard landscaping. Erection of 2x20ft containers for ancillary storage and railings around building with seperate access route. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 Jul 2026
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Consultation
21 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 7 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 23 Sept 2026; it is now day 88.

The consultation period closed on 23 Sept 2026.

Documents 10

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Design & Access Statement Design & Access Statement · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 8

PDF A101 ELEVATION AND SECTIONS Current Plan · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF A101 PLANS Current Plan · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF A101 SITE PLAN Current Plan · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 930-100-L-000-A EXISTING SITE LOCATION AND BLOCK PLAN Current Plan · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 930-200-L-000-C PROPOSED SITE PLAN Current Plan · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 930-200-L-001-A PROPOSED FLOOR PLANS Current Plan · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 930-200-L-X01-A PROPOSED ELEVATIONS Current Plan · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 930-200-L-X02-B PROPOSED SECTIONS Current Plan · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

Registered park or garden: Victoria Park
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Victoria Park conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Designated open space
Borough-designated open space.
Loss of protected open space is resisted unless it is replaced by space of equal or better quality nearby.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Archaeological priority area: Tower Hamlets APA 2.5
An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.
The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.
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 ↗
Also on the record
National infrastructure project 1765 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel; Public transport access: PTAL 2 (poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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

Council
Tower Hamlets
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
E9 5DU
Received
13 Jul 2026
Validated
13 Jul 2026
Ward
Bow West
Case officer
Show
Target decision
7 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Agenda 21 Architects Studio Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 88, past the statutory target. 87% of changes of use in Tower Hamlets are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 12 Oct 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 7 Oct 2026.

Day 8832 days past the 56-day target
66%decided within 8 weeks
55%approved
52decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
21 Jul 2026
Consultation
21 Jul 2026
Comments by
23 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
4 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
7 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

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2024 Approved
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Dormer and conservation rooflights to rear roof slopes
2024/0829
2023 Refused
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2023/2643
2023 Approved
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2022/2748
2021 Approved
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2021/2597
2021 Approved
351 Victoria Park Road, Hackney, London, E9 5DX
Erection of rear dormer window and installation of two rear and two front roof lights to…
2021/0055
2020
345 A Victoria Park Road Hackney London E9 5DX
Creation of opening in existing south facing roof slope to provide roof terrace at second…
2020/1897
2018 Refused
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2018/4629
2018 Approved
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2017 Approved
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Replacement of existing studio in the rear garden.
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2017 Refused
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Erection of roof extension to create an additional storey with front roof terrace and ins…
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2017 Approved
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2017 Withdrawn
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2017/2710
2017 Approved
339 Victoria Park Road, Hackney, London, E9 5DX
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2017/1554
2017 Approved
337 Victoria Park Road, Hackney, London, E9 5DX
Erection of a three-storey rear extension following demolition of existing two-storey rea…
2017/1465
2016 Approved
335 Victoria Park Road, Hackney, London, E9 5DX
T1 Front Garden Eucalyptus: Reshape and re-balance crown, reducing over extended limbs to…
2016/4593
2016 Approved
335 Victoria Park Road, Hackney, London, E9 5DX
Removal of Bay Tree in front garden.
2016/1048
2016 Approved
351 Victoria Park Road, Hackney, London, E9 5DX
Erection of outbuilding in rear garden.
2016/0272
2025 Approved
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Submission of details pursuant to conditions 4 (SuDS) and 5 (Green roof) attached to plan…
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2021 Approved
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Tower Hamlets
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#201 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings