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16 Prescot Street, London E1

PA/26/01102/NCFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 23 October 2026

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The proposed refurbishment and reconfiguration of existing office accommodation, and the addition of MVHR units and air-conditioning units. External works include the addition of new windows and ventilation openings, alterations to provide upper ground floor access to the rear garden via new external stair, replacement of the Magdalen Passage doors to the garden and waste store, repairs and refurbishment of the building fabric and windows. Internal works include the removal of intrusive modern alterations and non-original partitions, building services upgrades, accessibility improvements, and refurbishment of historic fabric. The rear garden and front court yard spaces shall also be reconfigured to function as amenity spaces. Along with the works described here there shall be other miscellaneous associated items of work.

Received
26 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
0 · last counted 30 October 2026
Ward
Whitechapel
Agent
Folly Architects Ltd
  1. Received26 Jun
  2. Validated26 Jun
  3. Consult.13 Aug
  4. Target23 Oct
  5. Decided23 Oct

Decided in 119 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at 16 Prescot Street, London E1. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 119 days, 9 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 134 applications across Whitechapel.

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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 June 2026
Consultation expiry
5 August 2026
Consultation end
13 August 2026
Neighbour consultation start
15 July 2026
Target decision date
23 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Folly Architects Ltd
Architect profile
FOLLY ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
26 Drury Road, Harrow, London, HA14BY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 July 2026
Site notice start
21 July 2026

Additional information

Documents
49

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, conservation areas, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    26 Jun

    The proposed refurbishment and reconfiguration of existing office accommodation, and the addition of MVHR…

    This applicationApprovedFullPA/26/01102/NC
  2. 2026
    26 Jun

    The proposed refurbishment and reconfiguration of existing office accommodation, and the addition of MVHR…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsidePA/26/01103/NC

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