125 Poplar High Street, London, E14 0AE Data via plota.co.uk

PA/26/01118/NC - Full Planning Permission Refused
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Installation of 1 first-floor window to bathroom at Flat 3 (3 Finch's Court Mews), 2 ground-floor windows at Flat 2 (7 Finch's Court Mews), 1 ground-floor window serving Flat 1 (7 Finch's Court Mews), 1 ground-floor window serving Flat 1 (3 Finch's Court Mews), and 1 ground-floor window to kitchen at 11 Finch's Court Mews. Windows to be double-glazed with obscure glass, non-operable below 1.7m, and to open inwards Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
7 Aug 2026
✓
Consultation
18 Aug 2026
✗
Refused
2 Oct 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 2 Oct 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Documents 14

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF OFFICERS REPORT Delegated Report · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF DECISION_NOTICE Decision Notice · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 3

PDF Planning Statement Planning Statement · 23 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT Report · 23 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Planning Statement Planning Statement · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 9

PDF A0.100 LOCATION AND BLOCK PLAN Current Plan · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF A1.110 PROPOSED FLOOR PLANS Current Plan · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF A1.400 PROPOSED SIDE ELEVATION Current Plan · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF A3.400 WINDOW SCHEDULE Current Plan · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF A3.401 WINDOW SCHEDULE Current Plan · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF XA1.110 EXISTING FLOOR PLANS Current Plan · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF XA1.111 EXISTING FLOOR PLANS Current Plan · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF XA1.400 EXISTING SIDE ELEVATION Current Plan · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF A1.100 SITE PHOTOGRAPHS Current Plan · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
St Mathias Church, Poplar 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.
Archaeological priority area: Tower Hamlets APA 2.16
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 ↗
National infrastructure project 416 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 416 m from the project boundary. Waste water treatment, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Silvertown Tunnel (decided, 1513 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
11 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Coroner's Court and three piers immediately in front, Grade II, 15 m away · 1 Grade II*, 10 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.
Show all 11 with distances
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
Inside the Tower Hamlets built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 5 (very good), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument 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
E14 0AE
Received
7 Aug 2026
Validated
7 Aug 2026
Ward
Poplar
Case officer
Show
Target decision
2 Oct 2026
Decision
Refuse
Decision date
2 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
London Design Office

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 11% of extensions here are.

67%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
333decided 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

Neighbours
18 Aug 2026
Consultation
18 Aug 2026
Comments by
9 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
3 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
2 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings