Former News International Site, 1 Virginia Street, London, E98 1XY

PA/23/00843/SApproval of Details -Discharge ConditionApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 30 May 2023

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Submission of details pursuant to discharge condition 28 (Nesting Black Redstarts), in relation to Plot G of Planning Permission ref: PA/19/00764, dated 20/11/2019

Received: 25 April 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Ward: St Katharines and Wapping

ReceivedReceived25 Apr
ValidatedValidated25 Apr
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date20 Jun
DecidedDecided30 May

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Former News International Site, 1 Virginia Street, London, E98 1XY. Tower Hamlets has handled 929 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 48 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 125 applications across St Katharines and Wapping. We hold 63 applications in total for the E98 postcode area.

96% of conditions 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: E98 1XY
Application type: Approval of Details -Discharge Condition
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 25 April 2023
Target decision date: 20 June 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 4

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.

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Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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.

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20 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Tower Hamlets

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