Land at Wansbeck Road, Fish Island, London, E3 2NF Data via plota.co.uk

PA/26/00765/A1 - Full Planning Permission Registered

Proposal

Redevelopment of the site to deliver Purpose Built Shared Living Accommodation (Sui Generis) and affordable housing units (Class C3) with associated public realm improvements comprising hard and soft landscaping and other associated works Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 May 2026
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Consultation
4 Aug 2026
✓
Committee
10 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 8 Jul 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 18 Aug 2026; it is now day 144. The consultation period closed on 18 Aug 2026.

Planning committee

Decided by Tower Hamlets Strategic Development Committee on 10 Sept 2026. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Residents raised concerns about height, co-living, school provision, infrastructure, transport, living conditions and effects on neighbouring homes.
  • The committee granted permission subject to conditions, obligations and any direction from the Mayor of London.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, objections and committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Tower Hamlets's committee minutes of 10 Sept 2026.

Documents 106

Statements & assessments 38

PDF BNG PLANS Current Plan · 15 May 2026 View ↗ PDF LBTH BNG CHECKLIST Correspondence · 15 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Design & Access Statement Design & Access Statement · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF FINANCIAL VIABILITY ASSESSMENT - APPENDIX ONE - AREA SCHEDULE Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF INCLUDING TOWNSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Heritage Statement · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF ENERGY STATEMENT Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF FOUL SEWAGE AND UTILITIES ASSESSMENT Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF BREEAM NEW CONSTRUCTION - PRE- ASSESSMENT REPORT Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF CIRCULAR ECONOMY STATEMENT Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF HEALTHY STREETS TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF HEALTHY STREETS TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT - PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT LAYOUT Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF LNWRC-MEI-XX-XX-DR-CV-1000 P03 PROPOSED COMBINED DRAINAGE PLAN Current Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF LNWRC-MEI-XX-XX-DR-CV-1100 P03 PROPOSED SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE PLAN Current Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF LNWRC-MEI-XX-XX-DR-CV-1200 P03 PROPOSED FOUL WATER DRAINAGE PLAN Current Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF APPENDICES A - TOPOGRAPHIC AND UTILITIES SURVEY Flood Risk Assessment · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF APPENDIX D - THAMES WATER CONFIRMATION Flood Risk Assessment · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF APPENDICES F - TOWER HAMLETS SURFACE WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN EXTRACTS Flood Risk Assessment · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF AND DRAINAGE STRATEGY Flood Risk Assessment · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF FIRE STATEMENT Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF GATEWAY ONE FIRE STATEMENT Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESK BASED ASSESSMENT Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF PART 1 Design & Access Statement · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF PART 2 Design & Access Statement · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF PART 3 Design & Access Statement · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF PART 4 Design & Access Statement · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF AFFORDABLE HOUSING STATEMENT Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF BNG METRIC Other · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL REPORT AND BIODIVERSITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF DETAILED HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF EQUALITIES IMPACT ASSESSMENT Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Planning Statement Planning Statement · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF TREE SURVEY REPORT Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF AIR QUALITY NEUTRAL ASSESSMENT Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF STAGE 2 ACOUSTIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 33

PDF MCL-WAN_DR_2060 REV B BLOCK A - LEVEL 00 Current Plan · 2 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF MCL-WAN_DR_2061 REV B BLOCK A - LEVEL 01 Current Plan · 2 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF MCL-WAN_DR_2062 REV B BLOCK A - LEVEL 02-06 Current Plan · 2 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF AFFORDABLE HOMES LAYOUTS Current Plan · 3 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF CO LIVING UNIT LAYOUTS Current Plan · 3 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 719-CTF-XX-XX-M2-L-LB01 P01 GROUND LEVEL - LANDSCAPE PLAN Current Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF 719-CTF-XX-XX-M2-L-LB02 P01 ROOF LEVEL - LANDSCAPE PLAN Current Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF OUTLINE SITE WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF MCL-WAN-HTA-A-DR-A-0110 A SITE PLAN Current Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF FRAMEWORK TRAVEL PLAN Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF MCL-WAN-HTA-A-DR-A-0001 A SITE LOCATION PLAN Current Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF MCL-WAN-HTA-A-DR-A-0100 A EXISTING SITE PLAN Current Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF MCL-WAN-HTA-A-DR-A-2000 A LEVEL 00 PLAN Current Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF MCL-WAN-HTA-A-DR-A-2001 A LEVEL 01 PLAN Current Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF MCL-WAN-HTA-A-DR-A-2002 A LEVEL 02 - 06 PLAN Current Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF MCL-WAN-HTA-A-DR-A-2007 A LEVEL 07 - 08 PLAN Current Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF MCL-WAN-HTA-A-DR-A-2009 A LEVEL 09 PLAN Current Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF MCL-WAN-HTA-A-DR-A-2010 A LEVEL 10 PLAN Current Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF MCL-WAN-HTA-A-DR-A-2100 A BLOCK B - NORTH ELEVATION Current Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF MCL-WAN-HTA-A-DR-A-2101 A BLOCK B - EAST ELEVATION Current Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF MCL-WAN-HTA-A-DR-A-2102 A BLOCK B - SOUTH ELEVATION Current Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF MCL-WAN-HTA-A-DR-A-2103 A BLOCK B - WEST ELEVATION Current Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF MCL-WAN-HTA-A-DR-A-2105 A BLOCK A - NORTH ELEVATION Current Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF MCL-WAN-HTA-A-DR-A-2106 A BLOCK A - EAST ELEVATION Current Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF MCL-WAN-HTA-A-DR-A-2107 A BLOCK A - SOUTH ELEVATION Current Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF MCL-WAN-HTA-A-DR-A-2108 A BLOCK A - WEST ELEVATION Current Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF MCL-WAN-HTA-A-DR-A-2120 A SITEWIDE ELEVATIONS Current Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF MCL-WAN-HTA-A-DR-A-2200 A CO-LIVING SECTION Current Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF MCL-WAN-HTA-A-DR-A-2201 A C3 RESIDENTIAL SECTION Current Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF MCL-WAN-HTA-A-DR-A-2800 A ACCESSIBLE UNITS DRAWING Current Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF MCL-WAN-HTA-A-DR-A-2900 A TENURE PLANS Current Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF OPERATOR MANAGEMENT PLAN Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗

Other documents 24

PDF GLA STAGE 1 REPORT Correspondence · 2 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF GLA STAGE 1 LETTER Correspondence · 2 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF WHOLE LIFE CARBON REPORTING SPREADSHEET Correspondence · 3 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF GLA - BE SEEN Correspondence · 3 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF CIRCULAR ECONOMY REPORTING SPREADSHEET Correspondence · 3 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF CARBON EMISSION REPORTING SPREADSHEET Correspondence · 3 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF EA CHECK LIST Correspondence · 15 May 2026 View ↗ PDF OPERATIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF PRE-DEMOLITION AUDIT Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF PRE-REDEVELOPMENT AUDIT Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF WIND MICROCLIMATE Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Daylight & Sunlight Daylight & Sunlight · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF CO-LIVING NEEDS AND DEMAND STUDY Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF GLA CARBON EMISSION REPORTING SPREADSHEET Correspondence · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF BRUKL OUTPUT DOC - BE LEAN Correspondence · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF BRUKL OUTPUT DOC - BE CLEAN Correspondence · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF BRUKL OUTPUT DOC - BE GREEN Correspondence · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF GLA - BE SEEN Correspondence · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF OVERHEATING REPORT Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF WHOLE LIFE CARBON Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF SCHEDULE OF ACCOMMODATION Correspondence · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF COVERING LETTER DATED: 28 APRIL 2026 Correspondence · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF DESK STUDY REVIEW AND GROUND INVESTIGATION Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPOSIT MODEL Report · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Archaeological priority area: Tower Hamlets APA 3.2
An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.
The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.
Air quality management area: Tower Hamlets AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Opportunity area
Where the London Plan expects significant growth.
Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.
Also on the record
Registered park or garden about 222 m away: Victoria Park; Conservation area about 89 m away: Fish Island; Inside the Tower Hamlets built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
E3 2NF
Received
13 May 2026
Validated
13 May 2026
Ward
Bow East
Case officer
Show
Decision level
Strategic Development Committee
Applicant
Show
Agent
DP9

Decision outlook

Day 144, past the statutory target. 77% of new homes in Tower Hamlets are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 2 Oct 2026.

Day 14488 days past the 56-day target
60%decided within 8 weeks
58%approved
34decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Tower Hamlets in the last twelve months, from validation. Tower Hamlets decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
4 Aug 2026
Consultation
4 Aug 2026
Comments by
18 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
1 Jun 2026
Committee
10 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
Tower Hamlets
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#201 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Tower Hamlets is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #207 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Tower Hamlets decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #229 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #167 of 296
56%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #207 of 296
42%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #167 of 296
63%
Minor dwellings approved
52 decided (1-9 homes)
80%
Major dwellings approved
15 decided (10+ homes)
55%
Change of use approved
67 decided
998
Total decisions
164 refused in the year to March 2026