Booth House, 153-175 Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1DN
Approved on 30 October 2026
Council decision: Permit24 conditions
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Proposal
Conversion of the existing building to a hotel, alongside a single storey extension and elevation alterations, including servicing and delivery arrangements, soft and hard landscaping and refuse and recycling storage
- Received
- 16 March 2026
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 8 November 2026
- Ward
- Spitalfields and Banglatown
- Agent
- Q Square Group Ltd
- ReceivedReceived16 Mar
- ValidatedValidated16 Mar
- Consult.Consultation17 May
- TargetTarget Date15 Jun
- DecidedDecided30 Oct
Decided in 228 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at Booth House, 153-175 Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1DN. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 228 days, 25 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in 3 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.
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
- E1 1DN
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 17 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 17 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 15 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Q Square Group Ltd
- Agent address
- 85 Great Portland St (1st Floor), London, W1W 7LT
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Shahara Ali-Hempstead
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 23 April 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 49
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation 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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