Capital Wharf, 50 Wapping High Street, London, E1W Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
T1: Palm located in the lower east gardens ? Prune away from the building, remove any dead fronds and seed pods. G1: Group of Bamboo located growing from the lower east garden ? Selectively prune away from the wall and remove 1 x dead stem. T2: Palm located in the east front garden starting to grow into the roof structures ? Fell to ground level - to avoid damage to the roof structures. T3: Shrub Koromiko located in the front east gardens ? Remove 2 x lower laterals over the pavement, tidy old stubs, trim, and shape remaining canopy if needed. T4: 2 x Leaning Japanese Hollies located in the front east garden ? Fell to ground level - N/A undersized - growing through railings and over footpath. T5: Twin Stem Palm located in the front east garden ? Prune away from the building and fence, remove any dead fronds and seed pods. T6: Chinese Evergreen Magnolia (Magnolia delavayi) located on the righthand side of the front entrance in the west front garden ? Reduce and shape canopy by approximately 2-2.5m in height and evenly reduce the lateral spread by approximately 2-2.5m. Pruning back slightly harder from the footpath and building if needed and remove any major deadwood over 40mm. G2: Group of Spurge located on the west front garden ? Reduce height by approximately 1.5-2m and shape canopy. T7: Rice Paper Plant (Tetrapanax papyrifer) located in the west front garden ? Prune back from footpath and building and remove any major deadwood over 40mm. T8: Dead Palm stump located in the west front garden ? Fell to ground level. T9: Palm located on the righthand side of the west front garden ? Fell to ground level - outgrown where situated and blocking light into building. T10: Palm located on the lefthand side of the west front garden ? Prune away from the building where needed and remove dead fronds and seed pods. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Under consideration
No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 12 Nov 2026, from Tower Hamlets's recent tree and landscaping works.
Documents 2
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 1
Site constraints 11
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- 43 m1-4 Wapping Pier HeadGrade II
- 54 mIron railings (including lamp brackets) to 1 to 10 Wapping Pier Head and on both sides of former swing bridge to Wapping BasinGrade II
- 56 m5-10, Wapping Pier Head
- 57 mFour bollards (one outside 4, Wapping Pier Head, three on opposite side of Wapping High Street flanking the entrance to Hermitage Wall)Grade II
- 76 m12-14 Wapping Pier HeadGrade II
- 98 m5-10, Wapping Pier HeadGrade II
- 102 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
- 119 m11 Wapping High Street and area railingsGrade II
- 122 m4 1/2, WAPPING PIER HEAD E1 (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 126 mStone bollards outside Town of Ramsgate Public House and 10 Wapping Pier HeadGrade II
- 128 mWapping Old Stairs (Stairs and Flagged Passage From Wapping High Street)Grade II
- 131 mTown of Ramsgate Public HouseGrade II
- 135 mOliver's WharfGrade II
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Important details
- Council
- Tower Hamlets
- Application type
- Tree Works in Conservation Area (S211)
- Postcode
- E1W 1LY
- Received
- around 2 Oct 2026
- Validated
- 2 Oct 2026
- Ward
- St Katharines and Wapping
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 13 Nov 2026
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Tree Me
Decision outlook
Day 18 of the 56-day target. Tower Hamlets usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 41.
Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Tower Hamlets in the last twelve months, from validation. Tower Hamlets decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Site or press notice
- 13 Oct 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 13 Nov 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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