Planning application
Unit 4 and Site at Unit 5a, Oakwood House, 422 Hackney Road, London, E2 7SY
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Prior Approval for the change of use of Units 4 and 5a from Use Class E (Office) to Use Class C3 (residential) to form four dwellings under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA (commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghouses) of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
As published by the council, reference PA/25/01421/A1
Application record
- Reference
- PA/25/01421/A1
- Type
- Class E to resi
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Prior Approval Given
- Received
- 11 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 11 Aug 2025
- Decided
- 1 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Bethnal Green West
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- E2 7SY
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tower Hamlets register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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PA/26/00713/S Granted
Unit 4 and Site at Unit 5a, Oakwood House, 422 Hackney Road, London, E2 7SY
Submission of details pursuant to Condition 4(2)(a) (Noise - Air-Borne and Structure-Borne Sources: Post-Completion Verification Testing Scheme) of planning permission ref: PA/25/01421, dated 01/10/2025.
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PA/25/01421/NC Granted
Unit 4 and Site at Unit 5a, Oakwood House, 422 Hackney Road, London, E2 7SY
Prior Approval for the change of use of Units 4 and 5a from Use Class E (Office) to Use Class C3 (residential) to form four dwellings under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA (commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghouses) of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Aug 2025
Received by Tower Hamlets
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1 Oct 2025
Decision issued: Prior Approval Given
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10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Buildingcontrol: IN/25/19366/B1 (Decided)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
- OFFICERS REPORT
- DECISION_NOTICE
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED SITE PLAN AND REFUSE STORAGE AREA
- APPENDICES 1-4
- APPENDICES 5-6
- DELIVERIES AND SERVICING PLAN
- NOISE IMPACT FROM COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PREMISES
- INTERNAL DAYLIGHT ASSESSMENT
- FLOOD MAP
- LOCATION PLAN
- PROPOSED 1ST FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING 1ST FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED CYCLE STORAGE AREA
- EXISTING SECTION A-A
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Tower Hamlets granted permission on 1 October 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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