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Leyden Street Public Convenience Adj Wentworth Street, Leyden Street, London, E1

PA/25/01676/NCFull planning permissionApproved
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Approved on 15 May 2026

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Proposal

Proposed change of use of Basement from Class E (Cafe) to Sui Generis (Bar) of the Leyden Street former underground toilets and for an extension of opening hours for it and the new linear one storey building at street level

Submitted
2 March 2026
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 May

Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Leyden Street Public Convenience Adj Wentworth Street, Leyden Street, London, E1. Tower Hamlets has handled 352 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the Wentworth Street conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Spitalfields and Banglatown.

78% of full planning permission 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

Application type
Full planning permission

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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, 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

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    26 May

    Application for Non-Material amendment to planning permission ref: PA/21/01901

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentPA/26/00913/S
  2. 2026
    26 Jan

    Non-Material Amendments to Planning permission Ref: PA/21/01901

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentPA/26/00162/S
  3. 2025
    18 Aug

    Non-Material Amendments to Planning permission Ref: PA/21/01901

    WithdrawnNon-material amendmentPA/25/01455/R
  4. 2025
    18 Aug

    Non-Material Amendments to Planning permission Ref: PA/21/01901

    PendingNon-material amendmentPA/25/01455/NC
  5. 2025
    19 May

    Submission of details pursuant to Condition 4 part a (Samples and Details of External Cladding) of planning…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/25/00901/S
  6. 2025
    24 Apr

    Application for non-material amendment of planning permission dated 14/01/2022, ref: PA/21/01901

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentPA/25/00754/S

Source: Tower Hamlets

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