Planning application
5 Yeo Street, London, E3 3QP
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Application for Prior Approval under Class MA, Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as Amended) for change of use of ground and mezzanine (first) floors from commercial floorspace (Class E) to 30 self-contained units (Class C3).
As published by the council, reference PA/26/00358/A1
Application record
- Reference
- PA/26/00358/A1
- Type
- Class E to resi
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Prior Approval Refused
- Received
- 26 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 26 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 23 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Bromley South
- Decision by
- Development Committee
- Postcode
- E3 3QP
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tower Hamlets register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 1 refused.
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PA/25/01665/S Granted
5 Yeo Street, London, E3 3QP
Submission of details pursuant to condition 3 (full particulars/specification of all external facing materials) of planning permission: PA/23/02278, dated 07/07/2025.
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PA/25/01592/S Granted
5 Yeo Street, London, E3 3QP
Submission of Details Pursuant to Condition No.12 (Construction Environmental Management & Logistics Plan) of Planning Permission Ref: PA/23/02278, Dated 07/07/2025
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Feb 2026
Received by Tower Hamlets
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23 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Refused
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25 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Lambert and Foster (Bloomfields) Ltd Agent, registered in Tonbridge
Active · incorporated 2012 · Tonbridge
22 applications on PlanIndex · across 8 councils · 83% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
- DECISION_NOTICE
- OFFICERS REPORT
- SITE NOTICE
- ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY CHECKLIST
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED DRAWINGS
- LOCATION PLAN
- INTERNAL
- FIRE STATEMENT
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
Tower Hamlets refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About this record
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