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Former News International Site, 1 Virginia Street, London, E98 1XY

PA/24/01628/SApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 14 January 2025

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Submission of Details Pursuant to Condition No.60 (All Water Network Upgrades) and 61 (All Surfac...

Submitted
23 September 2024
  1. Received23 Sep
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Jan

Decided in 113 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Former News International Site, 1 Virginia Street, London, E98 1XY. Tower Hamlets has handled 7,432 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 8 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 48 other applications at this address. We hold 63 applications in total for the E98 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
E98 1XY

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    29 Oct

    Submission of details pursuant to condition no.53 (External Lighting) in relation to Building G of planning…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsPA/26/01810/S
  2. 2026
    8 Oct

    Submission of Details pursuant to Conditions 4 (Details of Aerials & Satellite Dishes) and 50 (Car parking…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsPA/26/01727/S
  3. 2026
    27 Aug

    Submission of detail pursuant to condition no.59 (Delivery and Servicing Management Plan) in relation to…

    PendingApplicationPA/26/01511/S
  4. 2026
    24 Aug

    Submission of details pursuant to condition no.52 (Full details of the proposed use) in relation to Unit 10a…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsPA/26/01490/S
  5. 2026
    24 Aug

    Submission of details pursuant to condition no.52 (Full details of the proposed use) in relation ...

    PendingDischarge of conditionsPA/26/01490
  6. 2026
    7 Aug

    Submission of details pursuant to condition no.52 (Full details of the proposed use for that unit) relating…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/26/01393/S

Source: Tower Hamlets

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

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