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Friary Court 65 Crutched Friars, London, EC3N 2AE

PA/26/01063/NCObservations to Other AuthoritiesApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 2 July 2026

Council decision: No Objection (Observations Applications)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) in relation to planning permission 22/00882/FULMAJ dated 27 June 2023 to vary Condition 48 (Cycle Parking Facilities) to reduce the number of cycle parking spaces in line with documented utilisation by users of comparable PBSA buildings; vary Condition 70 (Museum Use Floorspace) to remove reference to the approved quantum of museum floorspace; and vary Condition 71 (Approved Drawings) to reflect: (i) internal amendments to the museum layout at Ground and First Floors; (ii) the replacement of museum floorspace at Level 2 with 33 additional PBSA rooms and increased amenity space; (iii) the installation of external plant and associated plant enclosure at Level 3, together with a freestanding frame to provide greening; and (iv) consequential amendments relating to the revised cycle parking provision and museum floorspace, alongside a Deed of Variation to the Section 106 Agreement to amend the definition of Museum Space, update the Museum Space plans to reflect the Section 73 amendments, and provide that the Deed of Variation come into effect upon implementation of the Section 73 permission.

Received
19 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received19 Jun
  2. Validated19 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Jul
  5. Decided2 Jul

Decided in 13 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Friary Court 65 Crutched Friars, London, EC3N 2AE. Tower Hamlets has handled 7,451 applications of this type. This one was decided in 13 days, 6 weeks quicker than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the Fenchurch Street Station conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 461 applications in total for the EC3N postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
EC3N 2AE
Application type
Observations to Other Authorities
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 June 2026
Target decision date
10 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2

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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