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124 Railway Arches, Chapman Street, London, E1 2PH

PA/25/01399/NCFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 17 November 2025

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use from Commercial Laundrette (Sui Generis) to indoor, sport recreation or fitness Use Class E(d) and installation of glazed windowfront within the Chapman Street arch opening. (Amended description).

Received
11 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shadwell
  1. Received11 Aug
  2. Validated11 Aug
  3. Consult.20 Oct
  4. Target6 Oct
  5. Decided17 Nov

Decided in 98 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 124 Railway Arches, Chapman Street, London, E1 2PH. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Shadwell. 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 2PH
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 August 2025
Consultation expiry
20 October 2025
Consultation end
20 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start
3 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
20 October 2025
Target decision date
6 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
20 October 2025
Site notice start
3 October 2025
Site notice end
20 October 2025

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
14

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    16 Dec

    Proposed x1 non-illuminated fascia sign

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentPA/25/02123/NC

Source: Tower Hamlets

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

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