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Railway Arch, 289 Cambridge Heath Road, London, E2 9HA

PA/25/00734/NCFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 13 February 2026

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions

Proposal

Proposed works include: Alterations to existing extended front elevation to provide a reduced width and centralised glazed main entrance with perforated security roller shutter door over; Installation of high-level aluminium framed glazing to the front arch infill; Demolition of rear extension incorporating the new construction of a blockwork flank wall to re-support the continuing rear extension structure to adjacent arch unit 288; Construction of new rear infill incorporating a new roller shutter door and pedestrian door and high-level aluminium framed glazing; Construction of new refuge landing and steps with associated hand railing to provide safe access/egress via the rear forming of new concrete hard standing to the rear yard. Forming of internal 1:12 vehicular ramp from the rear yard into the unit; Forming of new concrete hardstanding to external rear yard.

Received
26 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Bethnal Green West
Agent
Rapleys LLP
  1. Received26 Sep
  2. Validated26 Sep
  3. Consult.22 Oct
  4. Target21 Nov
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 140 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Railway Arch, 289 Cambridge Heath Road, London, E2 9HA. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 140 days, 12 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.

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
E2 9HA
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 September 2025
Consultation expiry
22 October 2025
Consultation end
22 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start
1 October 2025
Target decision date
21 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Rapleys LLP
Agent address
One Upper James Street, London, W1F9DE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
15

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

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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