Tower Hamlets planning applications
SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to London Borough of Tower Hamlets, updated daily. London Borough of Tower Hamlets received 373 planning applications in the last 90 days, 12 of them major schemes. 90% of the applications it decided were approved, with a median decision time of 829 days.
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Recent applications in Tower Hamlets
See all →Majors and higher-value work first, tree works, condition discharges and adverts last.
Land to the rear of 331-377 (odd) Jamaica Street and North of Smithy Street, E1
19-unit residential redevelopment at Stepney Park Primary School, Tower Hamlets. Four-storey building with 1,694 sqm delivers nineteen flats on a 0.15-hectare school site at full application stage. Frame, cladding, windows and M&E packages are typical for a London mixed-use regeneration site with…
DemolitionGroundworksStructural frame
Flats 57 to 71, Durward Street, London E1 5BT
Window replacement across 15 flats, Tower Hamlets. Replaces timber casement windows with double-glazed units on all elevations at full application stage. Glazing and installation labour dominate; the multi-unit scale and London location drive material volumes and specialist access requirements.
Glazing
Former Poplar Bus Depot, Leven Road, London E14 0LN
Condition 2 variation on a 530-unit Tower Hamlets scheme. Amends a requirement under an approved permission without altering the underlying works. The parent scheme remains active; material and structural decisions tied to that permission are unaffected.
Don Gratton House, 82 Old Montague Street, London, E1 5NN
Combustible cladding remediation on a Tower Hamlets residential block. Removes and replaces existing external cladding on Don Gratton House at full application stage. Facade specialist firms and fire-safe material suppliers compete on large-scale remedial cladding packages across the building…
Façade repairCladdingM&E
Mulberry House, Victoria Park Square, London, E2 9PQ
Window refurbishment and façade works at Mulberry House, Tower Hamlets. Full planning application for majority window replacement and associated external repairs to an existing residential building. Glazing specification, metal frames and façade remediation suit specialist installers in a premium…
GlazingFaçade repairM&E
Tower Hamlets Town Hall, 160 Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1BJ
Elevated terrace addition to Tower Hamlets Town Hall, London. Adds public access infrastructure to London Square at full application stage. Structural steelwork, decking and landscape integration suit specialist contractors in a dense urban setting.
Structural frameSteelHard landscaping
Bow Business Centre Bow House, 157 Bow Road, London E3
Commercial refurbishment and fire safety works, Tower Hamlets. Upgrades an existing business centre with fire safety improvements and building systems replacement at full application stage. M&E, structural fire protection, cladding replacement and façade work are the primary packages.
M&EFaçade repairCladding
Bow Business Centre Bow House, 157 Bow Road, London E3
Listed building refurbishment with fire safety upgrades, Tower Hamlets. Retrofit works to an existing commercial building centred on fire safety improvements and replacement systems at listed building consent stage. Fire compartmentation, structural repairs and M&E rewiring dominate the scope for…
Structural repairM&EFaçade repair
109 Fieldgate Street, London, E1 1JU
Kitchen extract installation for a commercial unit, Tower Hamlets. Adds a ducted mechanical extract system to an existing commercial premises at full application stage. M&E and ductwork installation packages suit specialist HVAC contractors operating in dense London sites.
M&E
67 Voss Street, London, E2 6HP
Flat roof conversion to terrace with internal replan, East London. Reconfigures one existing flat and adds external amenity space at full application stage. Internal partitioning, joinery and waterproofing packages suit London fit-out specialists; new railings and drainage serve the terrace.
Fit-outJoineryRoofing
80 Brick Lane, London, E1 6RL
Retrospective change of use to hot food takeaway, Brick Lane. Converts a café to a takeaway premises with extraction and fit-out on a small ground-floor retail unit. Extraction flue, commercial M&E and counter fit-out packages are the immediate scope.
Fit-outM&E
Pathology & Pharmacy Buidling 80 Newark Street, London, E1 2ES
Condenser replacement and addition at a Tower Hamlets hospital building. Replaces one existing unit and installs one new condenser to the Pathology & Pharmacy Building at full application stage. M&E installation and ducting packages suit mechanical contractors; London labour and logistics costs…
M&E
84 Barnet Grove, London, E2 7BJ
Side and rear extensions for a Tower Hamlets house. Demolishes existing extensions and erects a new side extension at full application stage. London labour and material costs, plus specialist structural work over the removed sections, drive the budget.
DemolitionGroundworksBrickwork
92 Commercial Street, London, E1 6LZ
Mansard roof extension creating one studio flat, Tower Hamlets. Adds a residential unit via loft conversion with a mansard roof structure at full application stage. Roofing, structural steelwork, joinery and M&E dominate; London labour and material costs elevate the budget.
RoofingSteelJoinery
Rosalind Green Hall, Stepney Green, London, E1 3JX
Retrospective change of use to indoor sport and recreation, Tower Hamlets. Lower ground floor conversion from existing use, now sought at full application stage. Fit-out, M&E and accessibility works dominate a London specialist fit-out package.
Fit-outM&E
Planning appeals in London Borough of Tower Hamlets
An allowed appeal is one the council lost. Some kinds of appeal succeed far more often than others, so London Borough of Tower Hamlets is compared with the national rate for its own mix.
London Borough of Tower Hamlets, raw rate
22.8%
of judged appeals were allowed
Expected for this mix of appeals
28.7%
national rates applied to this caseload
5.9 percentage points below expected. London Borough of Tower Hamlets's decisions are overturned less often than the national record predicts.
828 appeals counted, 797 judged either way (182 allowed, 615 dismissed), 31 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06.
By kind of appeal
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 21.7% | 28.8% | 504 | 493 | 107 |
| Householder (HAS) | 26% | 35.6% | 102 | 100 | 26 |
| Enforcement Notice | 17.1% | 13.5% | 88 | 76 | 13 |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 28.6% | 33.3% | 43 | 42 | 12 |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | 23.7% | 25% | 40 | 38 | 9 |
| Advertisement Appeal | 22.7% | 36% | 23 | 22 | 5 |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 40% | 36.9% | 15 | 15 | 6 |
6 more appeal types with fewer than 5 judged
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice | Too few judged | 8.1% | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Called In Planning Application | Too few judged | 72.4% | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Community Infrastructure Levy Appeal | Too few judged | 25.2% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Commercial Appeals Service (Adverts) | Too few judged | 27.6% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Environmental | None judged | Not published | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Section 106 Agreement | Too few judged | 39.8% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
How we calculate this
Judged means allowed or dismissed. Withdrawn, invalid, split and unrecorded appeals are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. Expected applies the national rate for each appeal type to this council's own caseload. National rates by type are in The State of UK Planning.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database on GOV.UK, not the council's own planning register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Money behind development in London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Developer contributions at London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Developers pay into planning obligations and the Community Infrastructure Levy at London Borough of Tower Hamlets, each sum tied to a purpose in the agreement.
London Borough of Tower Hamlets's register does not report an Available figure.
| Purpose | Collected |
|---|---|
| CIL (unallocated receipts) | £207,970,781 |
| Affordable housing | £61,034,869 |
| Highways and transport | £59,734,855 |
| Education | £53,347,452 |
| Employment and skills | £38,145,551 |
| Health and social care | £37,103,307 |
| Carbon and energy | £29,015,994 |
| Open space and play | £28,505,021 |
| Community facilities | £21,985,130 |
| Financial adjustment | £18,628,740 |
| Public realm and heritage | £17,322,067 |
| Monitoring and administration | £16,015,913 |
| Sport and leisure | £12,539,399 |
| Libraries and culture | £3,129,672 |
| Flood and drainage | £1,077,499 |
| Community safety | £158,000 |
| Biodiversity and ecology | £95,715 |
| Air quality | £10,303 |
| Other local categories | £28,271,460 |
Source: London Borough of Tower Hamlets's Section 106 register and London Borough of Tower Hamlets's Community Infrastructure Levy register, read on 29 September 2026. Figures are the whole of each register as published on that date, not a recent period. Our collected totals match each register’s own published total exactly. Purposes are grouped from the council's own wording.
London Borough of Tower Hamlets approval rates by application type
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months.
- other94% (209 decided)
- householder87% (125 decided)
- residential79% (62 decided)
- commercial93% (40 decided)
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