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Forty Sixth and Forty Seventh Floor, 1 Canada Square, London E14

PA/25/01807/NCFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 22 December 2025

Council decision: PermitPlanning committee5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from Use Class E(g)(i) Office to Flexible Use Class F1 (Learning and Non Residential Institution)/ Use Class E(g)(i) (Office) of levels 46 and 47

Received
10 October 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Canary Wharf
  1. Received10 Oct
  2. Validated10 Oct
  3. Consult.21 Nov
  4. Target5 Dec
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 73 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Forty Sixth and Forty Seventh Floor, 1 Canada Square, London E14. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 172 applications across Canary Wharf.

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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 October 2025
Consultation expiry
21 November 2025
Consultation end
21 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
23 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
21 November 2025
Target decision date
5 December 2025
Committee meeting
18 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Newmark
Agent address
One Fitzroy, 6 Mortimer Street, London, W1T 3JJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 October 2025
Advertisement expiry
21 November 2025
Site notice start
30 October 2025
Site notice end
21 November 2025

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Article 4 direction: Canary Wharf
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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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