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20 Water Street, LONDON E14 5GX

PA/26/00233/NCFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 25 March 2026

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of 3no. automatic opening vents at Levels 10 ? 12

Received
12 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Blackwall and Cubitt Town
Agent
Daniel Watney Partnership
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target9 Apr
  5. Decided25 Mar

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 20 Water Street, LONDON E14 5GX. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across Blackwall and Cubitt Town. We hold 1,275 applications in total for the E14 postcode area.

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

Postcode
E14 5GX
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2026
Consultation expiry
13 March 2026
Consultation end
13 March 2026
Target decision date
9 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Daniel Watney Partnership
Agent address
165 Fleet Street, London, EC4A 2DW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8

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)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: ColdharbourPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade I: Blackwall BasinOn this site
  • Article 4 direction: Canary WharfPart of the site
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    13 Jul

    Display of 1x internally illuminated fascia sign.

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentPA/26/01158/NC

Source: Tower Hamlets

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