1 Newfoundland Place, Canary Wharf, LONDON E14 4BN Data via plota.co.uk

PA/26/01376/NC - Full Planning Permission Approved
Change of useNew homesCommercial premises

Proposal

Temporary change of use of the restaurant unit at ground and first floor level to residential amenity space for a period of 5 years. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Aug 2026
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Approved
7 Oct 2026

Approved on 7 Oct 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 7 Oct 2026

Documents 14

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF OFFICERS REPORT Delegated Report · 7 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF DECISION_NOTICE Decision Notice · 7 Oct 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Design & Access Statement Design & Access Statement · 6 Aug 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 7

PDF S6152 A EXISTING FLOOR PLANS LEVEL 01 Current Plan · 6 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF S6151 A EXISTING FLOOR PLANS GROUND LEVEL Current Plan · 6 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF S6160 A PROPOSED 3D SITE PLAN Current Plan · 6 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF S6154 A PROPOSED FLOOR PLANS LEVEL 01 Current Plan · 6 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF S6153 A PROPOSED GROUND PLANS GROUND LEVEL Current Plan · 6 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF S6145 A RED LINE PLANS Current Plan · 6 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF S6150 A SITE LOCATION PLAN Current Plan · 6 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 14 Aug 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF LONDON UNDERGROUND Consultee Comment · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF TFL SPATIAL PLANNING Consultee Comment · 21 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF COVERING LETTER DATED: 04 AUG 2026 Correspondence · 6 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 about 48 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is about 48 m from the project boundary. Waste water treatment, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Silvertown Tunnel (decided, about 1895 m); London Strategic Heat Main Project (at pre-application, about 1879 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 ↗
Town centre: Canary Wharf
A designated centre in the London Plan.
Shops, services and active frontages are protected in centres, and main town centre uses are steered here first.
3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Quay Walls,copings and Butresses to Import Dock and Export Dock, Grade I, about 12 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 2 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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Historic England ↗
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.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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, 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
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
E14 4BN
Received
6 Aug 2026
Validated
6 Aug 2026
Ward
Canary Wharf
Case officer
Show
Target decision
7 Oct 2026
Decision
Permit
Decision date
7 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
DP9

How this decision compares

Decided in 62 days from validation, 6 days slower than Tower Hamlets's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 55% of changes of use here are.

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
11 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
1 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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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