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Empson Street Industrial Estate, Empson Street, E3

PA/25/02238/RNon-Material AmendmentWithdrawn
Discharge / amendments

Withdrawn on 11 March 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for Non-Material amendment to planning permission ref: PA/24/00568, Dated 14/10/2025.Non Material amendment(s) Sought to amend conditions 6, 12, 17 and 18 to allow for the demolition of buildings to allow for archaeological investigations in accordance with the Phase 1a and Phase 1b Written Scheme of Investigation prior to their discharge.

Submitted
22 December 2025
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 79 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Empson Street Industrial Estate, Empson Street, E3. Tower Hamlets has handled 96 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 79 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There have been 12 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Bromley South.

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Application details

Application type
Non-Material Amendment

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Empson Street
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

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

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    27 Jul

    Submission of details pursuant to condition no.20 (Samples (to be provided on-site) and full particulars of…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/26/01296/S
  2. 2026
    28 May

    Submission of details pursuant to condition no.27 (Full Details of the Proposed Photovoltaic Array) of…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/26/00937/S
  3. 2026
    20 May

    Submission of details pursuant to condition no.22 (Lighting Strategy) of planning permission ref: PA/24/00568

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/26/00889/S
  4. 2025
    9 Dec

    Application for non-material amendment of planning permission dated 14/10/2025, ref: PA/24/00568

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentPA/25/02136/S
  5. 2025
    24 Nov

    Submission of details pursuant to condition no.16 (Sustainable Urban Drainage Scheme) of planning permission…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/25/02022/S
  6. 2025
    18 Nov

    Submission of details pursuant to condition no.19 (Stage 1 written scheme of investigation (WSI)) of planning…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/25/01997/S

Source: Tower Hamlets

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