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34-40 White Church Lane And 29-31 Commercial Road, London, E1

PA/24/00644/SApproved

Approved on 12 June 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings at 34-40 White Church Lane and 29-31 Commercial Road and erectio...

Submitted
15 April 2024
  1. Received15 Apr
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Jun

Decided in 423 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at 34-40 White Church Lane And 29-31 Commercial Road, London, E1. Tower Hamlets has handled 7,432 applications of this type. This one was decided in 423 days, 52 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 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.

  • 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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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    15 Apr

    Demolition of existing buildings at 34-40 White Church Lane and 29-31 Commercial Road and erectio...

    This applicationApprovedApplicationPA/24/00644/S
  2. 2024
    12 Apr

    Application for Non-Material amendment to planning permission ref: PA/21/02666

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentFiled alongsidePA/24/00635/S

Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    25 Sep

    Temporary display of an externally illuminated scaffold shroud featuring building imagery, with two…

    PendingApplicationPA/26/01650/NC
  2. 2026
    18 May

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 10 (Landscaping ), of planning permission: PA/24/00644

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/26/00873/S
  3. 2026
    27 Apr

    Submission of details pursuant to condition no.27 (Site heat network) of planning permission ref: PA/24/00644

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/26/00742/S
  4. 2026
    16 Apr

    Submission of details pursuant to condition no. 28 (Mechanical Ventilation System), of planning permission…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/26/00687/S
  5. 2026
    14 Apr

    Submission of detail pursuant to condition no.6 (Samples and Full Particulars of all External Facing…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/26/00673/S
  6. 2025
    21 Oct

    Submission of detail pursuant to condition no.20 (Detailed Drawings at a Scale of 1:50 of the Wheelchair…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/25/01864/S

Source: Tower Hamlets

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