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Saga House 157 Commercial Street, London, E1 6BJ

PA/00/00672/A1Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 19 October 2000

Council decision: PermitPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Erection of a fourth floor roof addition, and the change of use and conversion of the building to create a wine bar/restaurant on the basement and ground floors, and eight self-contained flats on first to fourth floors.

Submitted
30 August 2000
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Spitalfields and Banglatown
Agent
RSC Designs Ltd
  1. Received30 Aug
  2. Validated30 Aug
  3. Consult.7 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Oct

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Saga House 157 Commercial Street, London, E1 6BJ. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the Elder Street conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Spitalfields and Banglatown. We hold 2,489 applications in total for the E1 postcode area.

83% of full applications at London Borough of Tower Hamlets were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
E1 6BJ
Application type
Full Planning Permission

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 August 2000
Consultation expiry
7 July 2000
Consultation start
30 August 2000
Consultation end
7 July 2000
Neighbour consultation end
7 July 2000

Applicant and agent

Agent
RSC Designs Ltd
Agent address
445 High Street North, Manor Park, London, E12 6TJ

Publicity

Last advertised
26 June 2000
Advertisement expiry
7 July 2000
Site notice end
7 July 2000

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Elder Street
  • Listed building: 135-153, Commercial StreetOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Tower Hamlets

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