Former News International Site, Buildings H & J, London Dock, 1 Virginia Street, London E98 1XY

PA/26/01351/SApproval of Details -Discharge ConditionApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 23 September 2026

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Submission of details pursuant to condition no.24 (Piling Method Statement) in relation to Building H of planning permission ref: PA/23/02079, dated 26/06/2024

Received: 31 July 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 0 · last counted 8 November 2026
Council: London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Ward: St Katharines and Wapping

ReceivedReceived31 Jul
ValidatedValidated31 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date25 Sep
DecidedDecided23 Sep

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Former News International Site, Buildings H & J, London Dock, 1 Virginia Street, London E98 1XY. Tower Hamlets has handled 929 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 125 applications across St Katharines and Wapping. We hold 63 applications in total for the E98 postcode area.

96% of conditions 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: E98 1XY
Application type: Approval of Details -Discharge Condition
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 31 July 2026
Target decision date: 25 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Rikki Weir
Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 11

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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.

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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20 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Tower Hamlets

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