Planning application
Units 8 - 11, 12a & 14 Gales Gardens and 500 Bethnal Green Road (Arches 240 - 241), London, E2
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Submission of detail pursuant to condition no.4 (Construction Management Statement ), 6 (Deliveries and Service Plan) and 7(Travel Plan) of planning permission ref: PA/24/00594 dated 30/01/2025
As published by the council, reference PA/25/01684/S
Application record
- Reference
- PA/25/01684/S
- Type
- Approval of Details -Discharge Condition
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Permit
- Received
- 25 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 25 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 6 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Bethnal Green West
- Decision by
- Delegated
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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25 Sep 2025
Received by Tower Hamlets
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6 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Permit
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25 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
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