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Tunnel Approach Transfer Station, 40 Gillender Street, London, E14 6RH

PA/21/02542/NCCert. of Law. Proposed Dev. (TCPA S192)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 22 February 2022

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for certificate of Lawfulness in respect of Proposed use of Building A for sorting and transfer of waste for recycling (Use class B2).

Received
10 December 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lansbury
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided22 Feb

Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Tunnel Approach Transfer Station, 40 Gillender Street, London, E14 6RH. Tower Hamlets has handled 118 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the Limehouse Cut conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 113 applications across Lansbury. We hold 1,278 applications in total for the E14 postcode area.

88% of outline 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
E14 6RH
Application type
Cert. of Law. Proposed Dev. (TCPA S192)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2021
Target decision date
4 February 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Veolia
Agent address
Kingswood House, Kingswood Crescent, Cannock, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 8JP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Limehouse CutPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Former Fire StationOn or next to this site · +1 more
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.

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.

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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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