Planning application
Mowlem Junior And Infant School, Mowlem Street, London, E2 9HE
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application for Prior Approval under Schedule 2, Part 14, Class J of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) Proposed roof mounted solar panels
As published by the council, reference PA/26/00555/NC
Application record
- Reference
- PA/26/00555/NC
- Type
- Other Prior Approval
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Prior Approval Not Required
- Received
- 26 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 26 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 20 May 2026
- Ward
- Bethnal Green West
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- E2 9HE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Mar 2026
Received by Tower Hamlets
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20 May 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Not Required
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25 Jul 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Luke Strange Architecture Ltd Agent, an architecture practice
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
- OFFICERS REPORT
- DECISION_NOTICE
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED PLANS
- AND PLANNING STATEMENT
- SOLAR PANEL MOUNTING BRACKET ANTI GLARE DECLARATION SPEC SHEETS
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Tower Hamlets granted permission on 20 May 2026, 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.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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