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First Floor, 108A Whitechapel Road, London

PA/23/01937/A1Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 13 December 2023

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use of existing first floor into 1 x 1bed self-contained flat

Received
19 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whitechapel
Agent
Arrigoni Architects
  1. Received19 Oct
  2. Validated19 Oct
  3. Consult.5 Dec
  4. Target14 Dec
  5. Decided13 Dec

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at First Floor, 108A Whitechapel Road, London. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the Whitechapel Market conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 134 applications across Whitechapel.

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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 October 2023
Consultation expiry
5 December 2023
Consultation end
5 December 2023
Neighbour consultation start
3 November 2023
Neighbour consultation end
5 December 2023
Target decision date
14 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Arrigoni Architects
Architect profile
ARRIGONI ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
2A Nightingales Corner, Little Chalfont, Amersham, HP7 9PZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 November 2023
Advertisement expiry
5 December 2023
Site notice start
14 November 2023
Site notice end
5 December 2023

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Myrdle Street
  • Article 4 direction: Whitechapel 2
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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

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.

© 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.

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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