Victoria Park, Grove Road, London, E3 5TB Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Temporary use of Victoria Park for up to 75 days a year for commercial / festival events (including music festivals) and the construction/deconstruction of such festival sites. Involving the installation and de-installation of temporary infrastructure including fencing, stages, lighting, public address (PA) systems and other temporary structures and ancillary works The 75-day period shall include a maximum of the following event days: 8 commercial event days of up to 50,000 people. 4 commercial days of up to 40,000 people. 8 free-to-access community event days of up to 20,000 The temporary period applied for is 6 years. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Under consideration
No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 19 Oct 2026; it is now day 139.
Documents 52
Statements & assessments 13
Plans & drawings 29
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 3
Other documents 6
Licences at this address
Licensed hours are what the licence permits, not opening times.
Site constraints 9
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
- E3 5TB
- Received
- 2 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 2 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Bow West
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 31 Dec 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Washbourne Constanti Planning
Decision outlook
Day 139, past the statutory target. 87% of changes of use 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 15 Oct 2026.
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
- 9 Jul 2026
- Site or press notice
- 9 Jun 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 1 Sept 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
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The consultation period closed on 9 Jul 2026.