Planning application
Bancroft Local History And Archives Library, 277 Bancroft Road, London, E1 4DQ
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
Removal of the existing non compliant external courtyard staircase and installation of a new compliant steel staircase providing safe access from the roof to the courtyard. The new staircase will be positioned to avoid obstructing fire exit doors and will be painted black to match the removed original.
As published by the council, reference PA/26/00100/NC
Application record
- Reference
- PA/26/00100/NC
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Decided
- Received
- 4 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 4 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Bethnal Green East
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- E1 4DQ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tower Hamlets register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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PA/26/00381/NC Granted
Bancroft Local History And Archives Library, 277 Bancroft Road, London, E1 4DQ
Removal of the existing non compliant external courtyard staircase and installation of a new compliant steel staircase providing safe access from the roof to the courtyard. The new staircase will be positioned to avoid obstructing fire exit doors and will be painted black to match the removed original.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Feb 2026
Received by Tower Hamlets
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25 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
- OFFICERS REPORT
- DECISION_NOTICE
- PROPOSED EXTERNAL FIRE ESCAPE STAIRS: ENLARGED DETAILS
- PROPOSED EXTERNAL FIRE ESCAPE STAIRS: PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- INCLUDING HERITAGE IMPACT STATEMENT
- LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- EXISTING GROUND AND ROOF PLANS
- PROPOSED GROUND AND ROOF PLANS
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED EXTERNAL FIRE ESCAPE STAIRS - SHADED ELEVATIONS
- SHADED ELEVATIONS
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