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Former 397-399 Westferry Road, London E14 3AE

PA/26/01462/SRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 30 October 2026

Council decision: Refuse1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for Variation of Condition 15 (opening hours) of Planning Permission reference PA/05/01626 dated16/04/2007 Amendment Sought: The commercial accommodation shall operate within the following hours: - Use within Class E(d) as a health and fitness facility ? unrestricted opening hours; - Any other Class E Use ? use is not permitted other than between the hours of 8.00 and 22.00 on any day. REASON: In the interests of neighbouring residential amenity.

Submitted
18 August 2026
Public comments
7 · last counted 8 November 2026
Ward
Island Gardens
  1. Received18 Aug
  2. Validated18 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Oct

Decided in 73 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Former 397-399 Westferry Road, London E14 3AE. Tower Hamlets has handled 7,432 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the Chapel House conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Island Gardens. We hold 1,276 applications in total for the E14 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. - The proposed opening hours would result in unacceptable noise and disturbance to neighbouring residential properties arising from gym classes, amplified music, instructor-led activities, customers leaving and dispersing from the premises during the late night and early morning hours. The resulting harm to the residential amenity of the surrounding area would be contrary to Policies D14 of the London Plan (2021) and Policies D.DH8 and D.ES9 of the Tower Hamlets Local Plan (2020).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
E14 3AE

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Rosie Clements

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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© 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.

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