Former News International Site, 1 Virginia Street, London, E98 1XY
Approved on 16 June 2025
Proposal
Submission of details pursuant to condition no.40 (Secured By Design) in regard to Building G only, of planning permission ref: PA/19/00764, dated 20/11/2019
- Submitted
- 17 March 2025
- ReceivedSubmitted17 Mar
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided16 Jun
Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a planning application at Former News International Site, 1 Virginia Street, London, E98 1XY. Tower Hamlets has handled 329 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 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. In the past year there have been 125 applications across St Katharines and Wapping. We hold 63 applications in total for the E98 postcode area.
96% of approval of details reserved by a condition (discharge) 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
- E98 1XY
- Application type
- Approval of details reserved by a condition (discharge)
Site constraints
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.
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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.
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ApprovedNon-material amendmentPA/26/00972/S - 20265 Jun
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Source: Tower Hamlets
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