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Unit 8A, Queens Yard, 43 White Post Lane, London, E9 5EN

PA/24/02078/NCFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 12 June 2025

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from B2/B8 storage and distribution to B8 storage and distribution, Sui Generis (nightclub), E(b) sale of food and drink, E(a) Display or retail sale of goods other than hot food and E(g) Colour Factory offices / artist studios. First floor extension of 150m2 addition of shipping containers underneath the first floor extension to provide an additional 50m2 area for retail use on the ground floor

Received
1 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bow East
Agent
TMTO Architecture
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Jan
  5. Decided12 Jun

Decided in 193 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 8A, Queens Yard, 43 White Post Lane, London, E9 5EN. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 193 days, 20 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the Fish Island conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 155 applications across Bow East. We hold 1,060 applications in total for the E9 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
E9 5EN
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2024
Target decision date
26 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
TMTO Architecture
Architect profile
TMTO ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
93 Bell Street, London, NW1 6TL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
52

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)
  • Conservation area: Fish Island
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

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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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Tower Hamlets

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