155 Commercial Street, London E1 6BJ

PA/25/00087/NCVariation / Removal Condition (TCPA S73)Approved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 5 March 2025

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Variation of condition 2 (Approved Plans) of PA/23/02115 dated 3/06/24 (as amended by non-material amendment PA/24/01882) for Proposed minor alterations to the Unit B and C facades, new plant on the second floor roof and fourth floor roof, minor alterations to the fourth floor including external stairs size alteration and relocation, improvements to fourth floor terrace. Proposed amendment: Omission of second floor terrace and relocation of second floor mechanical plant.

Received: 20 January 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Ward: Spitalfields and Banglatown

ReceivedReceived20 Jan
ValidatedValidated20 Jan
Consult.Consultation14 Feb
TargetTarget Date17 Mar
DecidedDecided5 Mar

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at 155 Commercial Street, London E1 6BJ. Tower Hamlets has handled 929 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the Elder Street conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Spitalfields and Banglatown. We hold 2,489 applications in total for the E1 postcode area.

96% of conditions 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 6BJ
Application type: Variation / Removal Condition (TCPA S73)
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 January 2025
Consultation expiry: 14 February 2025
Consultation end: 14 February 2025
Target decision date: 17 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: GPAD
Agent address: 10-18 Vestry Street, London, N1 7RE

Planning decision

Case officer: Adam Hussain
Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 30 January 2025

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 8

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Elder Street
Listed building: 135-153, Commercial StreetOn or next to this site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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.

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This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)PA/25/00087/NC

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Tower Hamlets

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