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PA/26/01514/A1 - Class E to resi Registered

Proposal

Notification for Prior Approval under schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development Order) 2015 for change of use from office (Use Class E) to 3 flats (Class C3). Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 03:00

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Application progress

✓

Received

around 27 Aug 2026

✓

Consultation

24 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 22 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 22 Oct 2026, from Tower Hamlets's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 16 Oct 2026

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Documents 3

Plans & drawings 2

PDF EXISTING PLANS Current Plan · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED PLANS Current Plan · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

National infrastructure project: Thames Tideway Tunnel

The site is inside the project boundary. Waste water treatment, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: London Strategic Heat Main Project (at pre-application, 240 m).

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Archaeological priority area: Tower Hamlets APA 2.7

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 ↗

15 listed buildings within 150 m

Nearest: Surviving Boundary Walls to the Former London Docks (Western Dock), at Thomas More Street, East Smithfield, Redmead Lane, Pennington Street, Wapping Lane, Reardon Street and Tench Street. With Gate Pi, Grade II, 15 m away · 14 Grade II

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

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15 mSurviving Boundary Walls to the Former London Docks (Western Dock), at Thomas More Street, East Smithfield, Redmead Lane, Pennington Street, Wapping Lane, Reardon Street and Tench Street. With Gate PiGrade II
20 m12-14 Wapping Pier HeadGrade II
54 m1-4 Wapping Pier HeadGrade II
54 mFour bollards (one outside 4, Wapping Pier Head, three on opposite side of Wapping High Street flanking the entrance to Hermitage Wall)Grade II
65 m5-10, Wapping Pier Head
66 mIron railings (including lamp brackets) to 1 to 10 Wapping Pier Head and on both sides of former swing bridge to Wapping BasinGrade II
88 m5-10, Wapping Pier HeadGrade II
105 m11 Wapping High Street and area railingsGrade II
109 mStone bollards outside Town of Ramsgate Public House and 10 Wapping Pier HeadGrade II
115 mWapping Old Stairs (Stairs and Flagged Passage From Wapping High Street)Grade II
116 mTown of Ramsgate Public HouseGrade II
119 mOliver's WharfGrade II
121 m4 1/2, WAPPING PIER HEAD E1 (See details for further address information)Grade II
130 mSt John's ChurchGrade II
137 mSt John's SchoolsGrade II

Historic England ↗

Conservation area 6 m away: Wapping Pierhead

The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Also on the record

Inside the Tower Hamlets built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 2 (poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.

Not affected

Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) 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

Council: Tower Hamlets
Application type: Class E to resi
Received: around 27 Aug 2026
Validated: 27 Aug 2026
Ward: St Katharines and Wapping
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 22 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Dimension - Planning & Architecture

Decision outlook

Day 43 of the 56-day target. Tower Hamlets usually decides changes of use by day 56.

prediction

Day 4313 days to the 56-day target

66%decided within 8 weeks

55%approved

52decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 16 Oct 2026
Site or press notice: 24 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 22 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

Tower Hamlets

Planning Authority Score

3.9/10

Below average

#201 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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