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Orchard Wharf, Orchard Place, London, E14

PA/24/00812/A1Full Planning PermissionApproved
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Approved on 10 September 2026

Council decision: PermitPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Full phased planning application for redevelopment of the site following demolition of all existing buildings and structures and enabling works to provide a mixed-use development consisting of basement excavation, and the erection of new buildings connected to or situated above a safeguarded wharf box which would deliver: i. Purpose Built Student Accommodation (Sui Generis) and ancillary accommodation; ii. Residential dwellings (Use Class C3) and ancillary accommodation; iii. General Industrial / Storage or Distribution floorspace (Use Classes B2 / B8 / E(g)(iii)) and ancillary accommodation within the safeguarded wharf box; iv. External infrastructure and all other related works (including marine works) for waterborne freight handling; and v. Flexible commercial (Use Class E) and community floorspace (Use Class F). Other associated works to include the provision of hard and soft landscaping; private internal and external amenity space; vehicular access and servicing facilities; provision of car parking and cycle parking; plant and other associated works incidental to the proposals including works to the River Wall. This application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment.

Received
3 June 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
47 · last counted 9 November 2026
Ward
Blackwall and Cubitt Town
  1. Received3 Jun
  2. Validated3 Jun
  3. Consult.7 Jun
  4. Target11 Sep
  5. Decided10 Sep

Decided in 829 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Orchard Wharf, Orchard Place, London, E14. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across Blackwall and Cubitt Town.

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
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 June 2024
Consultation expiry
7 June 2025
Consultation end
7 June 2025
Target decision date
11 September 2026
Committee meeting
3 September 2025

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
112 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 June 2024
Site notice start
19 June 2024

Additional information

Documents
320

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Hercules Wharf, Castle Wharf and Union Wharf Orchard PlaceRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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