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The Royal Foundation Of St Katharine, 2 Butcher Row, London, E14 8DS

PA/26/00344/SVariation / Removal Condition (TCPA S73)Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 6 May 2026

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)15 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Planning Permission Ref: PA/15/01649 dated 12/08/2015 granted permission for 'Temporary Meanwhile Project (to be dismantled latest October 2018) on the currently vacant site to the North of the main Foundation site, comprising artist studios, community facilities with cafe, community office and open air cinema.' The timescale for removal of the uses was subsequently extended under Planning Permission Refs: PA/18/01434, PA/19/02315, and PA/22/01939. Permission is now sought under S.73 of the Town and Country Planning Act (as amended) to vary condition 1 of planning permission Ref: PA/22/01939 dated 20/07/2023 to extend the duration of the consent for the 'Meanwhile Project' by a further 3 years, from its expiry on the 31/12/2025 until 31/12/2028.

Received
25 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Shadwell
Agent
Matthew Lloyd Architects
  1. Received25 Feb
  2. Validated25 Feb
  3. Consult.2 Apr
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided6 May

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at The Royal Foundation Of St Katharine, 2 Butcher Row, London, E14 8DS. Tower Hamlets has handled 929 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the York Square conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Shadwell. We hold 1,278 applications in total for the E14 postcode area.

96% of conditions 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 8DS
Application type
Variation / Removal Condition (TCPA S73)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 February 2026
Consultation expiry
2 April 2026
Consultation end
2 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
9 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
2 April 2026
Target decision date
22 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Matthew Lloyd Architects
Architect profile
MATTHEW LLOYD LIMITED
Agent address
1B The Hangar, Perseverance Works, 38 Kingsland Road, London, E2 8DD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
2 April 2026
Site notice start
12 March 2026
Site notice end
2 April 2026

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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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Source: Tower Hamlets

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