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Pavement At Whitechapel High Street, O/S Aldgate Tower, London

PA/18/03159/RTelecoms Determination (GPDO 2015 Pt 16)Refused

Refused on 21 December 2018

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

A Public Call Box

Received
7 November 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whitechapel
Agent
Metropolis Planning & Design
  1. Received7 Nov
  2. Validated7 Nov
  3. Consult.10 Dec
  4. Target2 Jan
  5. Decided21 Dec

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Pavement At Whitechapel High Street, O/S Aldgate Tower, London. Tower Hamlets has handled 28 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 134 applications across Whitechapel.

88% of all 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

Application type
Telecoms Determination (GPDO 2015 Pt 16)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 November 2018
Consultation expiry
10 December 2018
Consultation end
10 December 2018
Neighbour consultation end
10 December 2018
Target decision date
2 January 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Metropolis Planning & Design
Agent address
4 Underwood Row, London, N1 7LQ

Planning decision

Case officer
Isaac Clayton
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 November 2018
Advertisement expiry
10 December 2018
Site notice start
19 November 2018
Site notice end
10 December 2018

Appeal

Appeal result
Dismiss

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
40

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Article 4 direction: Aldgate West
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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Source: Tower Hamlets

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