PA/26/00391/A1Planning Application PA/26/00391/A1

Full application at Calcutta House, London Metropolitan University, Old Castle Street, London, E1 7NT, Tower Hamlets. View planning documents, track the decision and get email alerts on updates.

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Phased mixed-use redevelopment of the site, involving part-demolition and part-retention, refurbishment, and extension of Calcutta House and the Annex Building, to provide Higher Education floorspace (Use Class F1); the demolition of 130 Whitechapel High Street and 133-137 Whitechapel High Street (excluding retained façade), and the erection of a new building to provide Purpose Built Student Accommodation (Use Class Sui Generis), Retail (Use Class E), and flexible Office / Community floorspace (Use Class E/F2); with landscaping, public realm, and associated ancillary works for each phase [This application is accompanied by an Environmental Statement] Further information provided by the applicant (not forming part of the formal description of development): The development will involve: - Up to 12,530 sqm of Higher Education floorspace (Use Class F1) within the refurbished and extended Calcutta House and Annex buildings, in a building of 6 storeys (+44.88 m AOD) - Up to 27,799 sqm of Purpose Built Student Accommodation floorspace, comprising 794 rooms (Use Class Sui Generis), 102 sqm of flexible Office / Community floorspace (Use Class E/F2) and 220 sqm of Retail floorspace (Use Class E), in a building of 19 storeys (+84.75 m AOD)

PA/26/00391/A1

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Calcutta House, London Metropolitan University, Old Castle Street, London, E1 7NT

SubmittedSubmitted19 Mar

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8 weeks typical decision time in Tower Hamlets81% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application for demolition at Calcutta House, London Metropolitan University, Old Castle Street, London, E1 7NT. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,262 applications of this type and approves 81% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. It was submitted on 19 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Spitalfields and Banglatown. We hold 1,733 applications in total for the E1 postcode area.