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Sphere Apartments, 25 St Pauls Way, London, E3 4YE

Awaiting decision Tower Hamlets PA/26/00823/A1 Full Planning Permission

Works: New dwelling Extension

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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

  1. 11 May 2026

    Received by Tower Hamlets

  2. 25 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 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

36 applications on PlanIndex · across 21 councils · 86% granted

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

42 documents on file for this application

  • FVA RESPONSE TO THV REVIEW JUL 2026 Correspondence · 18 Aug 2026
  • COUNCIL COMMENTS ON THE NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT Correspondence · 18 Aug 2026
  • TFL Consultee Comment · 13 Aug 2026
  • NETWORK RAIL Consultee Comment · 13 Aug 2026
  • HSE PLANNING GATEWAY ONE Consultee Comment · 16 Jul 2026
  • NETWORK RAIL Consultee Comment · 15 Jul 2026
  • FIRE STATEMENT FORM Correspondence · 19 Jun 2026
  • THAMES WATER Consultee Comment · 17 Jun 2026
  • LONDON CITY AIRPORT. Consultee Comment · 09 Jun 2026
  • LONDON UNDERGROUND Consultee Comment · 08 Jun 2026
  • HSE - BSR Consultee Comment · 05 Jun 2026
  • LONDON BUS SERVICES LTD Consultee Comment · 05 Jun 2026
  • LOCATION PLAN OS Extract · 11 May 2026
  • LONDON PLAN POLICY - D5, D12 FIRE ENGINEERING DRAWINGS - ADDENDUM Correspondence · 11 May 2026
  • LONDON PLAN POLICY D12 FIRE STATEMENT Correspondence · 11 May 2026
  • FINANCIAL VIABILITY ASSESSMENT REPORT Report · 11 May 2026
  • AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT Report · 11 May 2026
  • NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT Report · 11 May 2026
  • PROPOSED SEVENTH FLOOR Current Plan · 11 May 2026
  • PROPOSED SIXTH FLOOR Current Plan · 11 May 2026
  • PROPOSED FIRST TO FIFTH FLOORS Current Plan · 11 May 2026
  • PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR Current Plan · 11 May 2026
  • EXISTING ROOF Current Plan · 11 May 2026
  • EXISTING FIRST TO FIFTH FLOORS Current Plan · 11 May 2026
  • EXISTING GROUND FLOOR Current Plan · 11 May 2026
  • PROPOSED SECTIONS - SHORT Current Plan · 11 May 2026
  • PROPOSED SECTIONS - LONG Current Plan · 11 May 2026
  • EXISTING SECTIONS - SHORT Current Plan · 11 May 2026
  • EXISTING SECTIONS - LONG Current Plan · 11 May 2026
  • PROPOSED VISUALIZATION STREET LEVEL Current Plan · 11 May 2026
  • PROPOSED VISUALIZATION - REAR Current Plan · 11 May 2026
  • PROPOSED VISUALIZATION Current Plan · 11 May 2026
  • EXISTING VISUALIATION - STREET VIEW Current Plan · 11 May 2026
  • EXISTING VISUALIZATION - REAR Current Plan · 11 May 2026
  • EXISTING VISUALIZATION - FRONT Current Plan · 11 May 2026
  • BLOCK PLANS - EXISTING AND PROPOSED Current Plan · 11 May 2026
  • LOCATION PLAN AND EXISTING SITE PLAN Current Plan · 11 May 2026
  • REFUSE, RECYCLING AND WASTE STATEMENT Report · 11 May 2026
  • ENERGY STATEMENT Correspondence · 11 May 2026

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Tower Hamlets for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Tower Hamlets decided full applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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