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Railway Arches, 242 Ratcliffe Lane, London, E14 7JE

PA/24/00643/NCFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 13 June 2024

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Installation of an extraction system and associated flue to the front of the arch.

Received
19 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shadwell
  1. Received19 Apr
  2. Validated19 Apr
  3. Consult.16 May
  4. Target14 Jun
  5. Decided13 Jun

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Railway Arches, 242 Ratcliffe Lane, London, E14 7JE. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the York Square conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Shadwell. We hold 1,275 applications in total for the E14 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
E14 7JE
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 April 2024
Consultation expiry
16 May 2024
Consultation end
16 May 2024
Neighbour consultation start
24 April 2024
Target decision date
14 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Cityscape PA
Agent address
6, Spencer Way, London, E1 2PN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 May 2024

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
20

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: York Square
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2024
    19 Apr

    Installation of an extraction system and associated flue to the front of the arch.

    This applicationRefusedFullPA/24/00643/NC
  2. 2024
    19 Apr

    Installation of an extraction system and associated flue to the front of the arch.

    RefusedApplicationFiled alongsidePA/24/00643/R

Source: Tower Hamlets

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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