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Wapping Hydraulic Power Station, Wapping Wall, London, E1W 3SG

PA/26/00920Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 3 August 2026

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demountable, temporary and time limited works for a period of up to 3 years comprising the installation of new entrance gates; the installation of free-standing metal ramps to provide step-free access to the Turbine Hall and Filter House entrances; the installation of a painted timber hoarding to the Accumulator Tower opening, and; the installation of acoustic enclosures to the openings between the Boiler House and Filter House.

Received
26 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Katharines and Wapping
Agent
CMA Planning
  1. Received26 May
  2. Validated26 May
  3. Consult.21 Jul
  4. Target21 Jul
  5. Decided3 Aug

Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Wapping Hydraulic Power Station, Wapping Wall, London, E1W 3SG. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the Wapping Wall conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 125 applications across St Katharines and Wapping. 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 3SG
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 May 2026
Consultation expiry
21 July 2026
Consultation end
21 July 2026
Neighbour consultation start
12 June 2026
Neighbour consultation end
21 July 2026
Target decision date
21 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
CMA Planning
Agent address
113 The Timberyard, Drysdale Street, London, N1 6ND

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 June 2026
Advertisement expiry
21 July 2026
Site notice start
30 June 2026
Site notice end
21 July 2026

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
36

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.

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.

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    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsidePA/26/00921/NC

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