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115 Commercial Road, London, E1 1RD

PA/18/03228/RRetail/ Bet/Loanshop to Restaurant/CaféRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 4 January 2019

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification for Prior approval under schedule 2 Part 3, Class C, Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 for Change of use from A1 to A3 Restaurant.

Received
12 November 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Whitechapel
Agent
3D Building Designs
  1. Received12 Nov
  2. Validated12 Nov
  3. Consult.21 Dec
  4. Target7 Jan
  5. Decided4 Jan

Decided in 53 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 115 Commercial Road, London, E1 1RD. Tower Hamlets has handled 7,432 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the Myrdle Street conservation area, with 2 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.

Application details

Postcode
E1 1RD
Application type
Retail/ Bet/Loanshop to Restaurant/Café
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 November 2018
Consultation expiry
21 December 2018
Consultation end
21 December 2018
Neighbour consultation start
28 November 2018
Neighbour consultation end
21 December 2018
Target decision date
7 January 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
3D Building Designs
Agent address
285 Cambridge Heath Road, London, E2 9HA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
21 December 2018
Site notice start
30 November 2018
Site notice end
21 December 2018

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Myrdle Street
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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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© 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.

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Source: Tower Hamlets

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