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74 Back Church Lane, London, E1 1LX

PA/00/01105Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 3 October 2003

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from storage to offices (B1) on upper floors together with restaurant (A3), retail(A1) and a gymnasium(D2) on the lower floors plus erection of a fifth floor mezzanine and roof plant and creation of a new entrance.

Submitted
18 July 2000
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whitechapel
  1. Received18 Jul
  2. Validated18 Jul
  3. Consult.8 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Oct

Decided in 1172 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 74 Back Church Lane, London, E1 1LX. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 134 applications across Whitechapel. 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 1LX
Application type
Full Planning Permission

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 July 2000
Consultation expiry
8 August 2000
Consultation start
18 July 2000
Consultation end
8 August 2000

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hawkins/Brown
Agent address
60 Bastwick Street, London, EC1V 3TN

Publicity

Last advertised
7 August 2000

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2000
    18 Jul

    Change of use from storage to offices (B1) on upper floors together with restaurant (A3), retail(A1) and a…

    This applicationRefusedFullPA/00/01105
  2. 2000
    18 Jul

    Alterations at ground floor level, internal works and extension at roof level in connection with the change…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsidePA/00/01106

Source: Tower Hamlets

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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