Hannah Building, 56 Watney Street, London, E1 2QU
Approved on 10 June 2026
Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application for certificate of Lawfulness in respect of proposed removal of the existing masonry cladding and its replacement with a full brickwork system. The proposed brick will be Seville Buff Smooth, selected to closely match the colour, appearance, and finish of the existing brickwork. The mortar colour and pointing style will also be matched to the existing.
- Received
- 1 May 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Shadwell
- Agent
- Simply Planning Limited
- ReceivedReceived1 May
- ValidatedValidated1 May
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date26 Jun
- DecidedDecided10 Jun
Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at Hannah Building, 56 Watney Street, London, E1 2QU. Tower Hamlets has handled 118 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Shadwell. We hold 2,489 applications in total for the E1 postcode area.
88% of outline 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 2QU
- Application type
- Cert. of Law. Proposed Dev. (TCPA S192)
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 26 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Simply Planning Limited
- Agent address
- 8/9 Stephen Mews, Gresse Street, London, W1T 1AF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Tower Hamlets
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