Bow Business Centre, 153-159 Bow Road, Bow, London, E3 2SE

PA/26/00044/NCListed Building Consent (S8 P&LBC 1990)Approved

Listed building consent

Approved on 5 March 2026

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

The proposed telecommunications base station comprising the installation of a flagpole supporting 3no antennas on existing steelwork frame, together with the removal of the existing equipment cabinets and replacement with 3no new equipment cabinets behind existing GRP and ancillary development thereto on the rooftop of Bow Business Centre. Top height of antenna to be 29.88m AGL

Received: 8 January 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Ward: Bow East
Agent: Perry Williams Ltd on behalf of M Group Telecom

ReceivedReceived8 Jan
ValidatedValidated8 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date5 Mar
DecidedDecided5 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Bow Business Centre, 153-159 Bow Road, Bow, London, E3 2SE. Tower Hamlets has handled 311 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Fairfield Road conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 155 applications across Bow East. We hold 1,078 applications in total for the E3 postcode area.

91% of heritage 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: E3 2SE
Application type: Listed Building Consent (S8 P&LBC 1990)
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 January 2026
Consultation expiry: 29 January 2026
Target decision date: 5 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Perry Williams Ltd on behalf of M Group Telecom
Agent address: Abel Smith House, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, SG1 2ST

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 29 January 2026
Site notice start: 5 February 2026

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Tower Hamlets

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