®Planning appeal decision
1 English Street, London, E3 4TA
Planning appeal 3368684 at 1 English Street, London, E3 4TA (London Borough of Tower Hamlets) was dismissed on 15 October 2025 by Inspector Heppell J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be granted planning permission by Article 3(1) and Schedule 2, Part 1, Class AA of the GPDO, having regard to the limitation in paragraph AA.1(d) that development is not permitted if the dwellinghouse has been enlarged by the addition of one or more storeys above the original dwellinghouse.
upwards extension to form additional storeys for the existing dwelling
- Authority
- London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Heppell J
- Postcode
- E3 4TA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be granted planning permission by Article 3(1) and Schedule 2, Part 1, Class AA of the GPDO, having regard to the limitation in paragraph AA.1(d) that development is not permitted if the dwellinghouse has been enlarged by the addition of one or more storeys above the original dwellinghouse
What decided it
The proposed development does not comply with paragraph AA.1(d) of the GPDO because an additional storey has already been added to the original dwellinghouse through the implementation of the prior approval granted in 2023.
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