Planning application
West Ham Sub Station Bidder Street Canning Town London E16 4ST
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Construction of two deep bored cable tunnels with dimensions of approximately 6km long, an internal diameter of 2.82m and external diameter of 3.18m respect of the East Tunnel and approximately 6km long, an internal diameter of 4.15m and external diameter of 4.55m in respect of the West Tunnel and at a general depth varying along their respective routes between approximately 14 metres and 34 metres and more particularly described in the application drawings and running from South Crescent, West Ham and West Ham EDFE Substation at Bidder Street to the Hackney NGT Substation and the EDFE Substation at Lea Bridge in Hackney together with, at surface level, 7 maintenance and ventilation shafts, including related connection and ventilation tunnels and cable connection riser and 4 single storey above ground head house structures in respect of the proposed shafts at South Crescent, West Ham, at the EDFE Substation at Millfields Road, Hackney, and at the West Ham Substation at Bidder Street, Newham, including associated parking, means of enclosure and all site preparation remediation works at the shaft locations, temporary deposition of uncontaminated spoil at the former Hackney Stadium and on part of the Carpenters Road Site; enabling and engineering works; to enable the decommissioning and removal of the overhead powerlines between West Ham Substation and Hackney Wick Substation in the Lower Lea Valley.
As published by the council, reference 05/00413/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 05/00413/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- Approve
- Received
- 27 Oct 2005
- Validated
- 27 Oct 2005
- Decided
- 6 Jan 2006
- Ward
- Canning Town North
- Parish
- Custom House And Canning Community Forum
- Decision by
- Committee decision
- Postcode
- E16 4ST
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Oct 2005
Received by Newham
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6 Jan 2006
Decision issued: Approve
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25 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 documents on file for this application
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