Planning application
Sphere Apartments, 25 St Pauls Way, London, E3 4YE
Works: New dwelling Extension
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
The erection of two additional floors to the existing detached block of flats to create 4no new self-contained dwellings and the extension of the existing bin storage and the provision of new and additional bicycle storage.
As published by the council, reference PA/26/00823/A1
Application record
- Reference
- PA/26/00823/A1
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 11 May 2026
- Validated
- 11 May 2026
- Ward
- Mile End
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- E3 4YE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 May 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 July 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
DRK Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Shipley
Active · incorporated 2009 · Shipley
37 applications on PlanIndex · across 21 councils · 86% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
42 documents on file for this application
- FVA RESPONSE TO THV REVIEW JUL 2026
- COUNCIL COMMENTS ON THE NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT
- TFL
- NETWORK RAIL
- HSE PLANNING GATEWAY ONE
- NETWORK RAIL
- FIRE STATEMENT FORM
- THAMES WATER
- LONDON CITY AIRPORT.
- LONDON UNDERGROUND
- HSE - BSR
- LONDON BUS SERVICES LTD
- LOCATION PLAN
- LONDON PLAN POLICY - D5, D12 FIRE ENGINEERING DRAWINGS - ADDENDUM
- LONDON PLAN POLICY D12 FIRE STATEMENT
- FINANCIAL VIABILITY ASSESSMENT REPORT
- AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- PROPOSED SEVENTH FLOOR
- PROPOSED SIXTH FLOOR
- PROPOSED FIRST TO FIFTH FLOORS
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR
- EXISTING ROOF
- EXISTING FIRST TO FIFTH FLOORS
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR
- PROPOSED SECTIONS - SHORT
- PROPOSED SECTIONS - LONG
- EXISTING SECTIONS - SHORT
- EXISTING SECTIONS - LONG
- PROPOSED VISUALIZATION STREET LEVEL
- PROPOSED VISUALIZATION - REAR
- PROPOSED VISUALIZATION
- EXISTING VISUALIATION - STREET VIEW
- EXISTING VISUALIZATION - REAR
- EXISTING VISUALIZATION - FRONT
- BLOCK PLANS - EXISTING AND PROPOSED
- LOCATION PLAN AND EXISTING SITE PLAN
- REFUSE, RECYCLING AND WASTE STATEMENT
- ENERGY STATEMENT
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