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Land adjacent to Shadwell Tube Station, Cable Street, London, E1

PA/24/01861/NCFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 23 October 2025

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective application for existing use as a community garden use class (F2); involving the retention of the installed gates and fencing, paths, a water butt, a water source, built planters; and a proposed shed.

Received
20 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shadwell
  1. Received20 Jun
  2. Validated20 Jun
  3. Consult.24 Jul
  4. Target15 Aug
  5. Decided23 Oct

Decided in 125 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land adjacent to Shadwell Tube Station, Cable Street, London, E1. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 125 days, 10 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Shadwell.

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
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 June 2025
Consultation expiry
24 July 2025
Consultation end
24 July 2025
Neighbour consultation start
3 July 2025
Target decision date
15 August 2025
Permission expires
23 October 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
11 July 2025

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
21

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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.

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Source: Tower Hamlets

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