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2 Leman Street, London, E1 8FA

PA/24/02080/NCCert. of Law. Proposed Dev. (TCPA S192)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 4 February 2025

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for Certificate of Lawfulness in respect of proposed use as office Use Class E(g)(i) on 13th ? 15th floors

Received
18 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whitechapel
Agent
DLA Piper UK LLP
  1. Received18 Dec
  2. Validated18 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Feb
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 2 Leman Street, London, E1 8FA. Tower Hamlets has handled 118 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 134 applications across Whitechapel. We hold 2,489 applications in total for the E1 postcode area.

88% of outline 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
E1 8FA
Application type
Cert. of Law. Proposed Dev. (TCPA S192)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 December 2024
Target decision date
12 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
DLA Piper UK LLP
Agent address
1 St Peter's Square, Manchester, M2 3DE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Whitechapel High StreetPart of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Aldgate West
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Whitechapel High Street, AldgatePart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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