Balsam House, 160 East India Dock Road, London, E14 0BP Data via plota.co.uk

PA/26/01389/A1 - Full Planning Permission Registered

Proposal

Redevelopment to provide a new building between 7 to 13 storeys high plus basement (to accommodate plant and associated infrastructure) delivering up to 102 purpose-built student accommodation units (PBSA) (Sui Generis) and 27 residential units (Use Class C3) with ancillary facilities including cycle parking, refuse storage, and landscaping. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 06:33

Application progress

✓

Received

around 22 Sept 2026

✓

Consultation

2 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 22 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 24 Nov 2026 and 22 Dec 2026, from Tower Hamlets's recent commercial and major works.

Comments are open until 28 Oct 2026

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Documents 82

Statements & assessments 37

Plans & drawings 26

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 4

PDF HISTORIC ENGLAND GLAAS Consultee Comment · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENT AGENCY Consultee Comment · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF LONDON UNDERGROUND Consultee Comment · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF EA EXTERNAL CONSULTATION CHECKLIST FOR LPAS Correspondence · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 11

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea

Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 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 ↗

St Mathias Church, Poplar 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 2.16

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 233 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel

The site is about 233 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 1684 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

14 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Tower Hamlets built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6a (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Designated open space about 25 m away; Town centre about 36 m away: Chrisp Street.

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 0BP
Received: around 22 Sept 2026
Validated: 22 Sept 2026
Ward: Poplar
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 22 Dec 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: MRPP

Decision outlook

Day 16 of the 91-day target. Tower Hamlets usually decides commercial and major works by day 69.

prediction

Day 1675 days to the 91-day target

37%decided within 8 weeks

85%approved

33decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Tower Hamlets in the last twelve months, from validation. Tower Hamlets decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 28 Oct 2026
Site or press notice: 2 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry: 22 Dec 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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Tower Hamlets

Planning Authority Score

3.9/10

Below average

#201 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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

Balsam House, 160 East India Dock Road, London, E14 0BP Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 82

Statements & assessments 37

Plans & drawings 26

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 4

Other documents 14

Site constraints 11

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