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Unit 4, 155 Commercial Street, London, E1 6BJ

PA/00/00841Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 11 September 2000

Council decision: Permit/Grant all typesDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Use as either a single live/work unit, or for sole Class B1 (Business) purposes, together with alterations to the front elevation.

Submitted
8 June 2000
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Spitalfields and Banglatown
Agent
Child Graddon Lewis Ltd
  1. Received8 Jun
  2. Validated8 Jun
  3. Consult.29 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 95 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Unit 4, 155 Commercial Street, London, E1 6BJ. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 6 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the Elder Street conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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
8 June 2000
Consultation expiry
29 June 2000
Consultation start
8 June 2000
Consultation end
29 June 2000

Applicant and agent

Agent
Child Graddon Lewis Ltd
Architect profile
CHILD GRADDON LEWIS LIMITED
Agent address
33 Fitzroy Street, London, W1P 6ED

Planning decision

Case officer
Noel Serrano

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Tower Hamlets

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