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120 Leman Street, London, E1 8EU

PA/25/01236/RAll OtherRefused

Refused on 4 December 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Recladding refurbishment and extension of the building to include an additional three floors of accommodation in connection with a change of use from office (Class E) to hotel (Class C1) use, and introduction of associated new plant and equipment, and related works.

Submitted
23 July 2025
  1. Received23 Jul
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Dec

Decided in 134 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 120 Leman Street, London, E1 8EU. Tower Hamlets has handled 100 applications of this type. This one was decided in 134 days, 11 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications 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.

72% of all other 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 8EU
Application type
All Other

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Prescot Street
  • 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
    23 Jul

    Recladding refurbishment and extension of the building to include an additional three floors of accommodation…

    RefusedAll OtherFiled alongsidePA/25/01236/A1
  2. 2025
    23 Jul

    Recladding refurbishment and extension of the building to include an additional three floors of accommodation…

    This applicationRefusedAll OtherPA/25/01236/R

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