Former London Chest Hospital, Bonner Road, London, E2 9JX

PA/25/01945/SNon-material amendment (TCPA S96a)Approved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 9 February 2026

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Application for a (Section 96a) non-material amendment to planning permission ref: PA/24/00184, Dated 23/01/2025 (for the redevelopment of the site involving demolition of all existing buildings on site excluding main hospital building, south wing and sanitation tower to provide 274 new homes and flexible commercial and community floorspace (Use Class E(b) / F2(b)) within a converted and extended hospital building and five new buildings ranging from five (5) to nine (9) storey in height). The non-material amendment is to introduce and formalise a sequence of phases to the development, involving Phases 0 (enabling/demolition), 1 (Blocks A and B) and 2 (remaining development Blocks C, D,E and F) alongside temporary works and other minor landscape adjustments to facilitate the phasing approach.

Received: 7 November 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Ward: Bethnal Green East
Agent: hgh Consulting

ReceivedReceived7 Nov
ValidatedValidated7 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date5 Dec
DecidedDecided9 Feb

Decided in 94 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Former London Chest Hospital, Bonner Road, London, E2 9JX. Tower Hamlets has handled 301 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the Victoria Park conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 16 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 144 applications across Bethnal Green East. We hold 910 applications in total for the E2 postcode area.

97% of amendment 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: E2 9JX
Application type: Non-material amendment (TCPA S96a)
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 274

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 November 2025
Target decision date: 5 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: hgh Consulting
Agent address: 13 Welbeck Street, London, W1G 8DZ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 42

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Victoria Park
Listed building: Grade II: The former London Chest Hospital, the south wing of 1863-5 and sanitary tower of 1890-2,…On this site · +1 more
Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1974_02Protected tree on or next to this site · +43 more
Heritage at Risk Register: The former London Chest Hospital, Bonner Road, Bethnal Green E2Part of the site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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.

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Associated applications

2025
7 Nov
Non-Material Amendment (under S19) to Listed Building Consent Ref: PA/24/00187
ApprovedNon-material amendmentFiled alongsidePA/25/01944/S
2025
7 Nov
Application for a (Section 96a) non-material amendment to planning permission ref: PA/24/00184
This applicationApprovedNon-material amendmentPA/25/01945/S

Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Tower Hamlets

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