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BAVARIA HOUSE, 13-14 Appold Street, Hackney, London, EC2A 2NB

PA/26/01430/NCObservations to Other AuthoritiesApproved

Approved on 21 August 2026

Council decision: Raise Objections (Observation ApplicatioDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Observation requested by London borough of Hackney, Request for a Scoping Opinion under Regulation 15 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2017) relating to a proposal for the demolition of the existing Bavaria House (including existing basement) and the construction of a hotel tower to provide the following: ? Hotel (Use Class C1); ? Total floorspace of approximately 34,295m2 (Gross Internal Area (GIA)); ? Extensive public realm enhancements including hard and soft landscaping; and ? Proposed basement extension.

Received
12 August 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received12 Aug
  2. Validated12 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Sep
  5. Decided21 Aug

Decided in 9 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at BAVARIA HOUSE, 13-14 Appold Street, Hackney, London, EC2A 2NB. Tower Hamlets has handled 7,451 applications of this type. This one was decided in 9 days, 7 weeks quicker than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,206 applications in total for the EC2A postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
EC2A 2NB
Application type
Observations to Other Authorities
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 August 2026
Target decision date
4 September 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
23 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Article 4 direction: A4D Non-residential to residential+2 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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    12 Aug

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Source: Tower Hamlets

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