4 and 4A Towcester Road, London, E3 4ND

PA/26/01041/SRefused

Discharge / amendments

Refused on 16 September 2026

Council decision: Refuse1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Redevelopment of the site to provide a building comprising a self-storage facility (Class B8), together with associated car and cycle parking, refuse storage, landscaping and access arrangements. Minor Material Amendments to Planning permission Ref: PA/24/00974, Dated 29/05/2025: Amendments include: Changes to the wording of Condition, so that it allows for the introduction of additional mezzanine floors without first requiring the need for written approval from the Local Planning Authority.

Submitted: 17 June 2026
Public comments: 0 · last counted 8 November 2026
Council: London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Ward: Bromley South

ReceivedSubmitted17 Jun
ValidatedValidated17 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided16 Sep

Decided in 91 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 4 and 4A Towcester Road, London, E3 4ND. Tower Hamlets has handled 7,432 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Bromley South. We hold 1,078 applications in total for the E3 postcode area.

Why it was refused

- In the absence of an appropriately worded legal agreement, the proposed amendment to the wording of condition 5 would allow for the delivery of additional employment floorspace without the requisite uplift in affordable workspace contributions, as required by policy D.EMP2 of the Tower Hamlets Local Plan (2020).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode: E3 4ND

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant company

Hold My Bricks Ltd

Company number 13000263

Status: Active
Type: Private limited company
Incorporated: 5 Nov 2020 (6 years old)
Nature of business: Activities of other holding companies
Registered office: London

View on Companies House

Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Case officer: Oliver.Cassidy-Butler

Additional information

Documents: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: Limehouse CutNext to the site
Article 4 direction: Empson Street

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Tower Hamlets

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