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Booth House, 153 -175 Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1DP

PA/99/01221Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 24 March 2000

Council decision: Permit/Grant all typesPlanning committee

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

Proposal

a) Rebuilding of exterior to change appearance of whole building; b) Construction of new fourth floor on rear wing;c) Alterations to front entrances including ramps on pavement;d) Reorganisation of accommodation to replace 166 hostel bedrooms with a mix of shared and self-contained flats (150 bed spaces) plus communal and staff accommodation.

Submitted
16 February 2000
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Spitalfields and Banglatown
Agent
Messrs. Fraser Brown Mackenna Architects
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.20 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Mar

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Booth House, 153 -175 Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1DP. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 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.

83% of full 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
E1 1DP
Application type
Full Planning Permission

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 February 2000
Consultation expiry
20 December 1999
Consultation start
16 February 2000
Consultation end
20 December 1999
Neighbour consultation end
20 December 1999

Applicant and agent

Agent
Messrs. Fraser Brown Mackenna Architects
Agent address
2 St.Johns Place, Clerkenwell, London, EC1M 4NP

Publicity

Last advertised
29 November 1999
Advertisement expiry
20 December 1999
Site notice end
20 December 1999

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

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© 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

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