161 Marsh Wall, London, E14 9AP Data via plota.co.uk

PA/26/01672/NC - Full Planning Permission Registered

Proposal

Change of use from office (Class E) to hotel (Class C1), including internal refurbishment and external works including recladding, minor infill extensions, alterations to roof profile, and landscaping and other associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
around 30 Sept 2026
✓
Consultation
22 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 25 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 25 Nov 2026, from Tower Hamlets's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 13 Nov 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Documents 68

Statements & assessments 26

PDF ENERGY STATEMENT Report · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF PART 4 Design & Access Statement · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF PART 2 Design & Access Statement · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF PART 1 Design & Access Statement · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF PART 3 Design & Access Statement · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT Report · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Flood Risk Assessment Flood Risk Assessment · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE OPTIONS APPRAISAL AND STRATEGY Report · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT - PART 2 Report · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT - PART 9 Report · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT - PART 3 Report · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Report · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT - PART 6 Report · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT - PART 8 Report · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT - PART 7 Report · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT - PART 10 Report · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT - PART 4 Report · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT - PART 3 Report · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT - PART 2 Report · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT - PART 5 Report · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Planning Statement Planning Statement · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF LONDON PLAN FIRE STATEMENT Report · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF NOISE ASSESSMENT REPORT Report · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL Report · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT - PART 1 Report · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT - PART 1 Report · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 33

PDF 8526-SPH-ZZ-05-DR-L-0101 P01 GA PLAN LEVEL 05 Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF 8526-SPH-ZZ-RF-DR-L-0102 P01 GA PLAN ROOF Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF 8526-SPH-ZZ-00-DR-L-0100 P01 GA PLAN GROUND FLOOR Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Drawing/Document Issue Register Drawing/Document Issue Register · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-ZZ-DR-A-10291 P01 EXISTING SITE PLAN Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-ZZ-DR-A-10290 P01 SITE LOCATION PLAN Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-ZZ-DR-A-10292 P01 PROPOSED SITE PLAN Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-ZZ-DR-A-05591 P01 EXISTING SECTION A-A Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-ZZ-DR-A-05592 P01 EXISTING SECTION B-B Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-ZZ-DR-A-05494 P01 EXISTING ELEVATION - SOUTH Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-ZZ-DR-A-05493 P01 EXISTING ELEVATION - EAST Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-ZZ-DR-A-05492 P01 EXISTING ELEVATION - WEST Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-ZZ-DR-A-05491 P01 EXISTING ELEVATION - NORTH Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-ZZ-DR-A-02591 P01 PROPOSED SECTION A-A Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-ZZ-DR-A-02592 P01 PROPOSED SECTION B-B Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-ZZ-DR-A-02494 P01 PROPOSED ELEVATION - SOUTH Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-ZZ-DR-A-02492 P01 PROPOSED ELEVATION - WEST Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-ZZ-DR-A-02493 P01 PROPOSED ELEVATION - EAST Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-ZZ-DR-A-02491 P01 PROPOSED ELEVATION - NORTH Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-RL-DR-A-20291 P01 PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN - LEVEL ROOF Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-05-DR-A-20291 P01 PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN - LEVEL 05 Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-05-DR-A-05291 P01 EXISTING FLOOR PLAN - LEVEL 05 Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-RL-DR-A-05291 P01 EXISTING FLOOR PLAN - LEVEL ROOF Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-04-DR-A-20291 P01 PROPOSED PLAN - LEVEL 04 Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-04-DR-A-05291 P01 EXISTING FLOOR PLAN - LEVEL 04 Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-03-DR-A-05291 P01 EXISTING FLOOR PLAN - LEVEL 03 Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-03-DR-A-20291 P01 PROPOSED PLAN - LEVELS 03 Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-02-DR-A-20291 P01 PROPOSED PLAN - LEVELS 02 Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-00-DR-A-05291 P01 EXISTING FLOOR PLAN - LEVEL 001 Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-02-DR-A-05291 P01 EXISTING FLOOR PLAN - LEVEL 02 Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-01-DR-A-20291 P01 PROPOSED PLAN - LEVELS 01 Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-01-DR-A-05291 P01 EXISTING FLOOR PLAN - LEVEL 01 Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF HAL-ZZ-00-DR-A-20291 P01 GA PLAN - LEVEL 001 Current Plan · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

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 ↗
Article 4 direction
Canary Wharf. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Archaeological priority area: Tower Hamlets APA 3.1
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 ↗
National infrastructure project 135 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 135 m from the project boundary. Waste water treatment, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Silvertown Tunnel (decided, 1771 m); London Strategic Heat Main Project (at pre-application, 1818 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 ↗
Opportunity area
Where the London Plan expects significant growth.
Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.
Also on the record
Inside the Tower Hamlets built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6a (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Town centre 77 m away: Canary Wharf.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 20 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.

Building

Floor area8,354 m² (89,922 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (asset rating 59)
UseB1 Offices and Workshop businesses
HeatingAir Conditioning

From the energy performance certificate lodged in February 2016, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
E14 9AP
Received
around 30 Sept 2026
Validated
30 Sept 2026
Ward
Canary Wharf
Case officer
Show
Target decision
25 Nov 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Causeway Planning

Decision outlook

Day 28 of the 56-day target. Tower Hamlets usually decides changes of use by day 56.

Day 2828 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
13 Nov 2026
Site or press notice
22 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
25 Nov 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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.