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McGrath Works Depot Waste Recycling Station, 3-13 Hepscott Road, London, E9 5HB

PA/26/01304/SApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 28 August 2026

Council decision: Permit

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Submission of details pursuant to condition no.11d (Verification Report for Phase 2) of planning permission ref: LL/16/00451/OUT, dated 21/01/2020

Submitted
28 July 2026
Ward
Bow East
  1. Received28 Jul
  2. Validated28 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Aug

Decided in 31 days

About this application

This is a planning application at McGrath Works Depot Waste Recycling Station, 3-13 Hepscott Road, London, E9 5HB. Tower Hamlets has handled 7,432 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 4 weeks quicker than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the Fish Island conservation area. There have been 11 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 155 applications across Bow East. We hold 1,060 applications in total for the E9 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
E9 5HB

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Daniel Jeffries

Additional information

Documents
18

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: Fish IslandPart of the site
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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.

Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    2 Oct

    Application for Non-Material amendment to planning permission ref: PA/24/02048

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentPA/26/01684/NC
  2. 2026
    4 Aug

    Application for Non-Material amendment to planning permission ref: PA/24/02048

    RefusedNon-material amendmentPA/26/01168/S
  3. 2026
    30 Jan

    Submission of details pursuant to condition no.49 (Permit Free Details) of planning permission ref…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/26/00131/S
  4. 2026
    27 Jan

    Submission of details pursuant to condition no.11d (Verification Report for Phase 1) of planning permission…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/26/00153/S
  5. 2025
    12 Dec

    Submission of details pursuant to condition no.6 (Whole Life Carbon Assessment) of planning permission ref…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/25/02170/S
  6. 2025
    24 Nov

    Submission of details pursuant to condition no.40 (BREEAM New Construction) of planning permission ref…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/25/02024/S

Source: Tower Hamlets

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