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9 Prescot Street, London, E1 8PR

PA/23/01045/NCFull Planning PermissionRefused
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Refused on 10 October 2023

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed Change of use from office use (Class E) to a dual hybrid use for higher education uses (Class F1(a)) and office use (Class E).

Received
18 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Whitechapel
Agent
Montagu Evans LLP
  1. Received18 Jul
  2. Validated18 Jul
  3. Consult.17 Aug
  4. Target12 Sep
  5. Decided10 Oct

Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 9 Prescot Street, London, E1 8PR. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in 3 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 8PR
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 July 2023
Consultation expiry
31 August 2023
Consultation end
17 August 2023
Neighbour consultation start
27 July 2023
Target decision date
12 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Montagu Evans LLP
Agent address
70 St Mary Axe, London, EC3A 8BE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
31 August 2023
Site notice start
23 August 2023

Additional information

Documents
43

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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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© 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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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    4 Nov

    Submission of Details Pursuant to Condition No.8 (Post Installation Verification Report) of Plann...

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/24/01891/S
  2. 2024
    22 Jul

    Submission of Details Pursuant to Condition No.6 (Delivery and service management plan) of Planni...

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/24/01266/S
  3. 2024
    25 Jan

    Change of use from office use (Class E) to a dual hybrid use for higher education uses (Class F1(...

    RefusedApplicationPA/24/00057/R
  4. 2024
    25 Jan

    Change of use from office use (Class E) to a dual hybrid use for higher education uses (Class F1(a)) and…

    RefusedFull Planning PermissionPA/24/00057/A1
  5. 2023
    30 May

    Submission of detail pursuant to condition no.3 (Details of the fixings of signage) of Listed Building…

    ApprovedListed building consentPA/23/01048/S

Source: Tower Hamlets

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