39 Bell Lane, London, E1 7LA
Approved on 30 October 2026
Council decision: Permit22 conditions
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Proposal
Part change of use of the Site from Office (Class E) to Hotel (Class C1); part retention of exist...
- Submitted
- 2 September 2026
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 31 October 2026
- Ward
- Spitalfields and Banglatown
- ReceivedSubmitted2 Sep
- ValidatedValidated2 Sep
- Consult.Consultation1 Oct
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided30 Oct
Decided in 58 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at 39 Bell Lane, London, E1 7LA. Tower Hamlets has handled 7,448 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. 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.
Application details
- Postcode
- E1 7LA
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 September 2026
- Consultation end
- 1 October 2026
Applicant and agent
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.
- PA/26/01366/S · Tower Hamlets · 39 Bell Lane, London, E1 7LA
Company information from Companies House.
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Ronan Murray
Additional information
- Documents
- 52
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Artillery Passage
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Tower Hamlets
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