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Flat 10, Reservoir Studios, 547 Cable Street, London, E1W 3EW

PA/26/00685/NCFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 19 August 2026

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective change of use from live/work (Sui Generis) to small HMO (Use Class C4)

Received
21 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shadwell
  1. Received21 Apr
  2. Validated21 Apr
  3. Consult.19 May
  4. Target16 Jun
  5. Decided19 Aug

Decided in 120 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Flat 10, Reservoir Studios, 547 Cable Street, London, E1W 3EW. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 9 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Shadwell. We hold 223 applications in total for the E1W 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
E1W 3EW
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 April 2026
Consultation expiry
19 May 2026
Consultation end
19 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
27 April 2026
Target decision date
16 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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.

Source: Tower Hamlets

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