9A Artillery Passage, London, E1 7LJ Data via plota.co.uk

PA/26/01635/NC - Full Planning Permission Registered
Change of use

Proposal

Change of use of the ground floor from residential (Use Class C3) to a bubble tea and Vietnamese coffee shop (Use Class E), proposed alterations to the front, and minor internal alterations. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 29 Sept 2026
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Consultation
1 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 24 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 24 Nov 2026, from Tower Hamlets's recent changes of use. Comments are open until 22 Oct 2026.

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Documents 7

Statements & assessments 2

PDF Heritage Statement Heritage Statement · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Planning Statement Planning Statement · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 4

PDF L(10)010 V2 BLOCK PLAN AS EXISTING Current Plan · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF L(10)001 V2 LOCATION PLAN Current Plan · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF L(20)200 V2 FRONT ELEVATION AS EXISTING AND PROPOSED Current Plan · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF L(20)100 V2 GROUND FLOOR PLAN AS EXISTING AND PROPOSED Current Plan · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

Grade II listed: 9a, Artillery Passage E1
List entry 1357762 · 3 m away · 27 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 25 Grade II)
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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Historic England ↗
Artillery Passage conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
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.
Archaeological priority area: Tower Hamlets APA 2.12
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 ↗
Central activities zone
The core of central London in the London Plan.
Offices, culture and the other strategic functions of the centre take priority over new housing here.
Opportunity area
Where the London Plan expects significant growth.
Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.
Also on the record
Scheduled monument 178 m away: Priory and Hospital of St Mary Spital; Heritage at risk 54 m away: Sandys Row Synagogue, Sandys Row, Spitalfields; Inside the Tower Hamlets built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 3 October 2026. 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.

Sales history 5

Last sold for £1,300,000 in September 2020. Terraced house, freehold.

29 September 2020£1,300,000
30 March 2007£810,000
12 December 2006£650,000
13 June 2003£495,000
6 January 1995£137,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Tower Hamlets
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
E1 7LJ
Received
around 29 Sept 2026
Validated
29 Sept 2026
Ward
Spitalfields and Banglatown
Case officer
Show
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Planning By Design

Decision outlook

Day 6 of the 56-day target. Tower Hamlets usually decides changes of use by day 56.

Day 650 days to the 56-day target
65%decided within 8 weeks
56%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

Neighbours
1 Oct 2026
Consultation
1 Oct 2026
Comments by
22 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
8 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2025 Approved
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.