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Attlee House, Wentworth Street, London, E1 6LR

PA/02/01356Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 27 February 2003

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retention of lift to inserted into stairwell at rear of building.

Received
28 January 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Spitalfields and Banglatown
  1. Received28 Jan
  2. Validated28 Jan
  3. Consult.18 Feb
  4. Target11 Mar
  5. Decided27 Feb

Decided in 30 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Attlee House, Wentworth Street, London, E1 6LR. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 4 weeks quicker than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in 2 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 6LR
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 January 2003
Consultation expiry
18 February 2003
Consultation start
28 January 2003
Consultation end
18 February 2003
Target decision date
11 March 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent
Paul Samson
Agent address
Lincoln House, Lincoln Road, Enfield, EN3 4AH

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Whitechapel High StreetNext to the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Toynbee HallOn this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, 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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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

16 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    25 Jan

    Submission of details pursuant to condition no. 19A (Cycle Parking Facilities) of planning permission…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/19/00199/S
  2. 2018
    14 Dec

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 23 (Energy Statement) of planning permission ref: PA/15/02156

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/18/03528/S
  3. 2018
    10 Dec

    Installation of artwork consisting of seven letters arranged vertically spelling out the word REFLECT and…

    RefusedFull Planning PermissionPA/18/03471/NC
  4. 2018
    27 Nov

    Submission of details pursuant to condition no. 21A (Waste and Recyclables Storage) of Non-Material Amendment…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/18/03365/S
  5. 2018
    14 Nov

    Submission of details pursuant to condition no.19b (Cycle Parking Facilities) of Non-Material Amendment…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/18/03269/S
  6. 2018
    18 Oct

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 15 a, b, c, d, e, f, g ,h, i and k (landscaping plan) of planning…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/18/02847/S

Source: Tower Hamlets

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