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PA/26/00639/A1

Loren Apartments, 51 Blair Street, London, E14 0HY

Refused Tower Hamlets Flats on detached block of flats

Proposal

Application for Prior Approval under Schedule 2, Part 20 Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for an upward extension to create two additional floors of 6 residential units.

As published by the council, reference PA/26/00639/A1

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 7 Apr 2026

    Received by Tower Hamlets

  2. 26 May 2026

    Decision issued: Prior Approval Refused

  3. 25 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

What refusal means

The process from here

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

About this record

Reading the register

This page mirrors an entry on the statutory planning register that Tower Hamlets is required to keep. The published feed for this record does not state which type of application it is, which is common for older entries and for some council systems; the register entry on the council portal will say, alongside the case officer and any consultation dates.

Every planning application follows the same broad path: submission, validation, publicity, then a decision by officers or committee. Our guide to planning application types explains the common types and what each can approve.

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