21 Wilkes Street, London, E1 6QF
Approved on 20 May 2026
Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions
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Proposal
Listed Building Consent for retention of internal and external works, including: 1. Basement (Utility / Bedroom) Installation of a partition timber stud wall to create two separate rooms and a new enclosed cupboard space. 2. Ground Floor (Kitchen?Dining Room) Continuation of panelling and cornices across the original opening between the kitchen and dining room. 3. First Floor (Study / Living Room ) Installation of a single panelled door and panelled partition between the study and living room. 4. Second Floor (Bathroom) Installation of a new cupboard built into the existing layout. 5. Third Floor (Studio / Bedroom) Installation of a run of cupboards located between the front and rear rooms, creating enclosed storage along the partition line. 6. External Works Installation of an iron grill over the pavement light well, situated at the front of the property.
- Received
- 10 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Spitalfields and Banglatown
- Agent
- Mackenzie Wheeler Architects
- ReceivedReceived10 Mar
- ValidatedValidated10 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date5 May
- DecidedDecided20 May
Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application at 21 Wilkes Street, London, E1 6QF. Tower Hamlets has handled 311 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the Brick Lane and Fournier Street conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Spitalfields and Banglatown. We hold 2,489 applications in total for the E1 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
- E1 6QF
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent (S8 P&LBC 1990)
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 26 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 5 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mackenzie Wheeler Architects
- Architect profile
- MACKENZIE WHEELER LIMITED
- Agent address
- 11-13 Bateman's Row, Shoreditch, London, EC2A 3HH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 26 March 2026
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Fournier Street
- 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.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Source: Tower Hamlets
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