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38 Commercial Street, London, E1 6LP

PA/99/01534Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 23 August 2000

Council decision: Permit/Grant all typesDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Construction of a new fourth floor mansard addition, and the conversion of the upper floors into 8 no. self-contained flats(4no. one bedroom units, 3no. two bedroom units, and a studiounit), together with alterations to the rear and flank elevations.

Submitted
9 August 2000
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Spitalfields and Banglatown
Agent
Neil Hawes & Associates Ltd
  1. Received9 Aug
  2. Validated9 Aug
  3. Consult.30 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Aug

Decided in 14 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 38 Commercial Street, London, E1 6LP. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 days, 6 weeks quicker than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 6LP
Application type
Full Planning Permission

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 August 2000
Consultation expiry
30 August 2000
Consultation start
9 August 2000
Consultation end
30 August 2000

Applicant and agent

Agent
Neil Hawes & Associates Ltd
Agent address
45 Moppats Lane, Brookmead Park, Hatfield Herts, AL9 7RX

Publicity

Last advertised
17 January 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

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

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