Skip to content

39 Bell Lane, London, E1 7LA

PA/26/01366/SNon-material amendment (TCPA S96a)Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 24 September 2026

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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

Application for Non-Material amendment to planning permission ref: PA/25/01300, Dated 19/03/2026. Non Material amendment(s) Sought: Amendment to the approved description of development to enable the development to be carried out in phases, as follows: "Non-Material Amendments to Full Planning Permission (ref. PA/25/01300) for: Part change of use of the Site from Office (Class E) to Hotel (Class C1); part retention of existing Office (Class E) for use as Affordable Workspace; façade improvements; demolition and rebuilding of the fifth floor; construction of a two-storey plus roof plant extension; provision of cycle parking; and associated works, NAMELY to amend the Description of Development to permit the development to be carried out in phases.'

Received
4 August 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
0 · last counted 9 November 2026
Ward
Spitalfields and Banglatown
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated4 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Sep
  5. Decided24 Sep

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 39 Bell Lane, London, E1 7LA. Tower Hamlets has handled 301 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the Artillery Passage conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Spitalfields and Banglatown. We hold 2,489 applications in total for the E1 postcode area.

97% of amendment applications at London Borough of Tower Hamlets were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
E1 7LA
Application type
Non-material amendment (TCPA S96a)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 August 2026
Target decision date
1 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Newmark
Agent address
One Fitzroy, 6 Mortimer Street, London, W1T 3JJ
Applicant company

Zedwell Spitalfields Limited

Company number 15342506

Status
Active
Type
Private limited company
Incorporated
11 Dec 2023 (2 years old)
Nature of business
Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Registered office
London

1 other planning application by this company in Tower Hamlets.

View on Companies House

Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Case officer
Ronan Murray
Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
50

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Artillery Passage
  • Listed building: Grade II: 58, Artillery Lane E1On or next to this site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

Source: Tower Hamlets

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near E1

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused on your street for the project you have in mind. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address