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Office 1, Cheltenham House, 253 Commercial Road, London, E1 2BT

PA/25/01213/NCFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 17 November 2025

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retention of office use (Use Class E(g)(i)) at first floor level, previously used as a tuition centre (Use Class F1(a)).

Received
16 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whitechapel
Agent
Tricon Design
  1. Received16 Jul
  2. Validated16 Jul
  3. Consult.12 Aug
  4. Target10 Sep
  5. Decided17 Nov

Decided in 124 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Office 1, Cheltenham House, 253 Commercial Road, London, E1 2BT. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 124 days, 10 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 134 applications across Whitechapel. We hold 2,489 applications in total for the E1 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
E1 2BT
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 July 2025
Consultation expiry
12 August 2025
Consultation end
12 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start
22 July 2025
Target decision date
10 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Tricon Design
Architect profile
TRICON DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
Studio 21, 497 Sunleigh Road, Wembley, HA0 4LY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Watney Market 1Part of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    16 Jul

    Retention of office use (Use Class E(g)(i)) at first floor level, previously used as a tuition centre (Use…

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  2. 2025
    16 Jul

    Retention of office use (Use Class E(g)(i)) at first floor level, previously used as a tuition centre (Use…

    This applicationApprovedFullPA/25/01213/NC

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