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36 Commercial Road, London, E1 1LN

PA/03/01285Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 4 October 2004

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing building and erection of a seven storey building plus a basement and a roof terrace to provide retail unit, workshop space and 10 residential units.

Received
3 October 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whitechapel
Agent
HGP Architects
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated3 Oct
  3. Consult.7 Oct
  4. Target2 Jan
  5. Decided4 Oct

Decided in 367 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 36 Commercial Road, London, E1 1LN. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 367 days, 44 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 1LN
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
10

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 October 2003
Consultation expiry
20 October 2003
Consultation start
16 September 2003
Consultation end
7 October 2003
Target decision date
2 January 2004

Applicant and agent

Agent
HGP Architects
Architect profile
HGP ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Waterloo Court, 10 Theed Street, London, SE1 8ST

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 October 2003

Appeal

Appeal result
Withdrawn

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
35

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

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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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