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31 New Road, London, E1 1HE

At appeal Tower Hamlets PA/26/00032/NC Full Planning Permission

At appeal, which passes the decision to the national inspectorate. Anyone who commented before is normally able to comment again.

Proposal

Part retrospective part proposed change of use of lower ground floor, first floor, and second floor from Class E to HMO; with associated internal alterations

As published by the council, reference PA/26/00032/NC

Application record

Reference
PA/26/00032/NC
Type
Full Planning Permission
Status
Appeal lodged
Received
21 Jan 2026
Validated
21 Jan 2026
Ward
Whitechapel
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
E1 1HE

Site history

Applications at this address on the Tower Hamlets register

This site has had 2 applications since 2026.

  • PA/26/00033/NC At appeal

    31 New Road, London, E1 1HE

    Retention of works carried out for internal alterations to Listed Building.

    Submitted 21 Jan 2026 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 21 Jan 2026

    Received by Tower Hamlets

  2. 25 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 18 March 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Tower Hamlets took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • Appeal: 6011562 & 6011563 (Appeal Received)
  • Appeal: 6011563 (Appeal Received)
  • Application: PA/26/00033/NC (Appeal lodged)

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

21 documents on file for this application

  • APPELLANT?S FINAL COMMENTS Correspondence · 18 Aug 2026
  • APPEAL QUESTIONNAIRE Correspondence · 08 Jul 2026
  • PLANNING APPEAL STATEMENT Correspondence · 23 Jun 2026
  • OFFICERS REPORT Delegated Report · 21 May 2026
  • DECISION_NOTICE Decision Notice · 21 May 2026
  • PRE-EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN Current Plan · 05 May 2026
  • PRE-EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN Current Plan · 05 May 2026
  • PRE-EXISTING 1ST FLOOR PLAN Current Plan · 05 May 2026
  • PRE-EXISTING 2ND FLOOR PLAN Current Plan · 05 May 2026
  • PRE-EXISTING FRONT ELEVATION Current Plan · 05 May 2026
  • EXISTING FRONT ELEVATION Current Plan · 17 Mar 2026
  • EXISTING SECOND FLOOR PLAN Current Plan · 17 Mar 2026
  • EXISTING FIRST FLOOR PLAN Current Plan · 17 Mar 2026
  • EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN Current Plan · 17 Mar 2026
  • EXISTING LOWER GROUND FLOOR PLAN Current Plan · 17 Mar 2026
  • PROPOSED FRONT ELEVATION Current Plan · 17 Mar 2026
  • PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR PLAN Current Plan · 17 Mar 2026
  • PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN Current Plan · 17 Mar 2026
  • PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN Current Plan · 17 Mar 2026
  • PROPOSED LOWER GROUND FLOOR PLAN Current Plan · 17 Mar 2026
  • LOCATION MAP Current Plan · 08 Jan 2026

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What happens at appeal

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