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Former 31-39 Scarborough Street, London, E1 8DR

PA/26/01037/SNon-material amendment (TCPA S96a)Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 14 July 2026

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for Non-Material amendment to planning permission ref: PA/05/00422, Dated 31/10/2005. Non Material amendment(s) Sought: Remove the existing timber shingle cladding system and replace it with a non-combustible Shingle System (A2-s1-d0 PREFA Shingle System - P.10 Prefa Bronze).

Received
16 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whitechapel
Agent
ECE Architecture Limited
  1. Received16 Jun
  2. Validated16 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Jul
  5. Decided14 Jul

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Former 31-39 Scarborough Street, London, E1 8DR. Tower Hamlets has handled 301 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 134 applications across Whitechapel. We hold 2,489 applications in total for the E1 postcode area.

97% of amendment 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 8DR
Application type
Non-material amendment (TCPA S96a)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 June 2026
Target decision date
14 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
ECE Architecture Limited
Architect profile
ECE ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
76 Great Suffolk Street, London, SE1 0BL

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
Not specified

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8

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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