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21 PLUMBERS ROW, London, E1 1EQ

PA/03/00604Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 5 May 2004

Council decision: No further Action

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

Proposal

Change of use and conversion of 13 permitted live/work units on 2nd - 4th floors of building under construction into 13 purely residential units (live/work to remain on 1st and 5th floors).

Submitted
6 May 2003
Ward
Whitechapel
  1. Received6 May
  2. Validated6 May
  3. Consult.27 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 May

Decided in 365 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 21 PLUMBERS ROW, London, E1 1EQ. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 365 days, 44 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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 1EQ
Application type
Full Planning Permission

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 May 2003
Consultation expiry
27 May 2003
Consultation start
6 May 2003
Consultation end
27 May 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Studio 8 1 Baltic Place London N1 5AQ

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

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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.

© 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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