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Empson Street Industrial Estate, Empson Street, E3

PA/24/00568/A1Approved

Approved on 14 October 2025

19 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings and structures, and the redevelopment of the site to provide fle...

Submitted
3 April 2024
  1. Received3 Apr
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Oct

Decided in 559 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Empson Street Industrial Estate, Empson Street, E3. Tower Hamlets has handled 7,432 applications of this type. This one was decided in 559 days, 72 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. There have been 12 other applications at this address.

Application details

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Empson Street
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Planning history at this site

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    27 Jul

    Submission of details pursuant to condition no.20 (Samples (to be provided on-site) and full particulars of…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/26/01296/S
  2. 2026
    28 May

    Submission of details pursuant to condition no.27 (Full Details of the Proposed Photovoltaic Array) of…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/26/00937/S
  3. 2026
    20 May

    Submission of details pursuant to condition no.22 (Lighting Strategy) of planning permission ref: PA/24/00568

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/26/00889/S
  4. 2025
    22 Dec

    Application for Non-Material amendment to planning permission ref: PA/24/00568

    WithdrawnNon-material amendmentPA/25/02238/R
  5. 2025
    22 Dec

    Application for Non-Material amendment to planning permission ref: PA/24/00568

    PendingNon-material amendmentPA/25/02238/S
  6. 2025
    22 Dec

    Submission of details pursuant to condition no.20 (Samples) of planning permission ref: PA/24/00568

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/25/02234/S

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