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Railway Arches, 214-216A Witan Street, London, E2 6JX

PA/25/00688/NCVariation / Removal Condition (TCPA S73)Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 2 July 2025

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Drawings) of Planning Permission ref: PA/23/00312, Dated 05/05/2023, which gave permission for the 'Change of use of Arches 214 ? 216A to retain the existing B2 (General Industrial) and to include B8 (Storage or Distribution) and Class E(g)(iii) (Light Industrial Processes) alongside associated internal and external refurbishment and front façade treatments at Witan Street'. Amendments seek the installation of new external louvres, external plant and windows.

Received
25 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bethnal Green West
Agent
Shrimplin Planning & Development
  1. Received25 Apr
  2. Validated25 Apr
  3. Consult.23 May
  4. Target20 Jun
  5. Decided2 Jul

Decided in 68 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Railway Arches, 214-216A Witan Street, London, E2 6JX. Tower Hamlets has handled 929 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 109 applications across Bethnal Green West. We hold 910 applications in total for the E2 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
E2 6JX
Application type
Variation / Removal Condition (TCPA S73)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 April 2025
Consultation expiry
23 May 2025
Consultation end
23 May 2025
Neighbour consultation start
1 May 2025
Target decision date
20 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Shrimplin Planning & Development
Agent address
Austen House, Station View, Units A-J, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4AR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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.

Source: Tower Hamlets

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