Planning application
187-189 Commercial Road, London, E1 2DA
Works: New dwelling Extension Several homes
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Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
2 storey roof extension to create 4 new flats on existing building
As published by the council, reference PA/26/00445/A1
Application record
- Reference
- PA/26/00445/A1
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 11 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 11 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Whitechapel
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- E1 2DA
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tower Hamlets register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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PA/25/01814/A1 Granted
187-189 Commercial Road, London, E1 2DA
Prior Approval Application, under Part 3 Class G of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for change of use to 1st floor commercial space to create 2 residential dwellings within a mixed use building
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PA/25/01814/A2 Granted
187-189 Commercial Road, London, E1 2DA
Prior Approval Application, under Part 3 Class G of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for change of use to 1st floor commercial space to create 2 residential dwellings within a mixed use building
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Mar 2026
Received by Tower Hamlets
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25 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 6 May 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.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Clements & Porter Architects Ltd Agent, an architecture practice
13 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils · 91% granted
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
26 documents on file for this application
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- DAYLIGHT AND SUNLIGHT CONSULTANT LETTER
- ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE ASSESSMENT
- TFL
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING BASEMENT PLAN
- EXISTING GFL PLAN
- EXISTING 1FL PLAN
- EXISTING ROOF PLAN
- EXISTING COMMERCIAL RD ELEVATION
- EXISTING TURNER ST ELEVATION
- EXISTING REAR ELEVATIONS
- EXISTING SECTION
- PROPOSED BASEMENT PLAN
- PROPOSED GFL PLAN
- PROPOSED 1FL PLAN
- PROPOSED 2FL PLAN
- PROPOSED 3FL PLAN147612960000.PDF
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- PROPOSED ELEVATION COMMERCIAL ROAD
- PROPOSED ELEVATION TURNER STREET
- PROPOSED WEST ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED NORTH ELEVATION
- PROPOSED SECTION
- PLANNING FIRE SAFETY STATEMENT
- SMALL SITES AFFORDABLE HOUSING CALCULATOR
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187-189 Commercial Road, London, E1 2DA
Prior Approval Application, under Part 3 Class G of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for change of use to 1st floor commercial space to create 2 residential dwellings within a mixed use building
Granted Prior approval 18 docs -
187-189 Commercial Road, London, E1 2DA
Prior Approval Application, under Part 3 Class G of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for change of use to 1st floor commercial space to create 2 residential dwellings within a mixed use building
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