Bow Business Centre Bow House, 157 Bow Road, London E3

PA/25/02016/NCListed building consentPermitted

Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Section 19 application to vary condition 2 (approved drawings) to application PA/25/01263

Received: 21 November 2025
Decided: 20 January 2026
Council: London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Approximate site (title boundary)

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ReceivedSubmitted21 Nov
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided20 Jan

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Tower Hamlets94% of listed building consent applications approved

This is a listed building consent application at Bow Business Centre Bow House, 157 Bow Road, London E3. Tower Hamlets has handled 57 applications of this type and approves 94% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Tower Hamlets's median. The site is in the Fairfield Road conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 141 applications across Bow East.

Application Details

Reference

PA/25/02016/NC

Address

Bow Business Centre Bow House, 157 Bow Road, London E3

Local Authority

Tower Hamlets

Application Type

Listed building consent

Decision Status

Permitted

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Decided

20 January 2026

Date Submitted

21 November 2025

Planning Decision

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates

51.528430, -0.019744

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Tower Hamlets

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Planning history at this site

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Planning constraints

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Conservation area: Fairfield Road
Listed building: Grade II: Former Poplar Town Hall (Bow House)On this site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, 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.

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