Second Floor Front, 117 New Road, London, E1 1HJ Data via plota.co.uk

PA/26/01326/A1 - Full Planning Permission Refused
Change of useNew homesCommercial premises

Proposal

Conversion of existing second-floor office accommodation (Use Class E) to form 1 no. self-contained 1-bedroom flat Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
around 29 Jul 2026
✓
Consultation
18 Aug 2026
✗
Refused
23 Sept 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 23 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF OFFICERS REPORT Delegated Report · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF DECISION_NOTICE Decision Notice · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF EXISTING AND PROPOSED DRAWINGS Current Plan · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF OS MAP OS Extract · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF WASTE MANAGEMNT STRATEGY Report · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 11

Myrdle Street conservation area
Also Myrdle Street. 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.
Article 4 direction
Whitechapel 2. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Archaeological priority area: Tower Hamlets APA 2.9
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 ↗
Town centre: Whitechapel
A designated centre in the London Plan.
Shops, services and active frontages are protected in centres, and main town centre uses are steered here first.
12 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 138-142, Whitechapel Road E1, Grade II, about 33 m from the postcode pin · 12 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 12 with distances
Historic England ↗
National infrastructure project about 696 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is about 696 m from the project boundary. Waste water treatment, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: London Strategic Heat Main Project (at pre-application, about 1201 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 ↗
Opportunity area
Where the London Plan expects significant growth.
Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.
Also on the record
Heritage at risk about 14 m away: London Hospital, Stepney; Inside the Tower Hamlets built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6b (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.

Building

Floor area132 m² (1,421 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (asset rating 111)
UseOffices and Workshop Businesses
HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in December 2022, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Tower Hamlets
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
E1 1HJ
Received
around 29 Jul 2026
Validated
29 Jul 2026
Ward
Whitechapel
Case officer
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Target decision
23 Sept 2026
Decision
Refuse
Decision date
23 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 45% of changes of use here are.

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
18 Aug 2026
Consultation
18 Aug 2026
Comments by
10 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
23 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

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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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.