East London Life

Regulars at the Sebright Arms, on Coate Street, Bethnal Green, were facing ‘last orders’ after the pub’s owner submitted plans to replace it with flats.

Instead, it’s ‘cheers’ all round after last Wednesday’s planning committee voted unanimously to follow planners’ recommendations and kicked the scheme out.

Planning officers reported that there were several problems with the application, including a lack of family-sized accommodation required under local planning guidelines, overlooking and privacy issues, and that the design was not in keeping with the area.