1 Commercial Street, London, E1 6BF

1. 3 Dec 2025

   Received by Tower Hamlets

2. 15 Dec 2025

   Decision issued: Permit

3. 25 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Tower Hamlets granted permission on 15 December 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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• Crawford Building, 112 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 7AP

  PA/25/01530/NC Submitted 15 Sep 2025 13m away

  Proposed remedial replacement of existing curtain walling, to south east corner of the building to the apartments of 1605, 1606, 1705, 1706, 1805, 1806, 1905, and 1906 on floors 16 to 19, including replacement glazing panels to 'sail' cladding on south east corner of the building from the 14th floor upwards are proposed. Replacement balcony doors, decking, and balustrades are also proposed to apartments 1605, 1705, 1805.

  Granted Full applications New dwelling Windows or glazing 28 docs

• Crawford Building, 112 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 7AP

  PA/26/00689/S Submitted 17 Apr 2026 14m away

  Submission of details pursuant to condition no.4 (Risk Assessment and Method Statement) of planning permission ref: PA/25/01530, dated 24/11/2025.

  Granted Conditions 12 docs

• Calcutta House, Old Castle Street, London, E1 7NT

  PA/25/01647/NC Submitted 16 Sep 2025 69m away

  Request for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping opinion under Regulation 15 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended), in respect of the proposed part retention and extension, and part demolition and construction of a new mixed-use development. Within the northern portion of the Site, the Proposed Development will include an extension of two floors to the existing retained elements of the Calcutta House building, housing higher education uses (Use Class F1), resulting in overall eight levels (including ground level), and providing a total of circa 10,588m2 of educational space, as well as approximately 215m2 of retail (Use Class E) and 110m2 of community uses (Use Class F2), along with associated public realm, cycle parking spaces, refuse storage, plant and loading bay. Within the southern portion of the Site, the Proposed Development will include the construction of a new multi-level Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (Sui Generis) building and community facilities (Use Class F2) ranging from approximately 2 to 21 storeys in height (including ground level and excluding rooftop plant), with approximately 787 rooms, associated amenity and ancillary space.

  Decided Outline Extension Demolition 18 docs

• Calcutta House, London Metropolitan University, Old Castle Street, London, E1 7NT

  PA/26/00391/A1 Submitted 19 Mar 2026 69m away

  85% historically approved · decision due ~14 May

  Phased mixed-use redevelopment of the site, involving part-demolition and part-retention, refurbishment, and extension of Calcutta House and the Annex Building, to provide Higher Education floorspace (Use Class F1); the demolition of 130 Whitechapel High Street and 133-137 Whitechapel High Street (excluding retained façade), and the erection of a new building to provide Purpose Built Student Accommodation (Use Class Sui Generis), Retail (Use Class E), and flexible Office / Community floorspace (Use Class E/F2); with landscaping, public realm, and associated ancillary works for each phase [This application is accompanied by an Environmental Statement] Further information provided by the applicant (not forming part of the formal description of development): The development will involve: - Up to 12,530 sqm of Higher Education floorspace (Use Class F1) within the refurbished and extended Calcutta House and Annex buildings, in a building of 6 storeys (+44.88 m AOD) - Up to 27,799 sqm of Purpose Built Student Accommodation floorspace, comprising 794 rooms (Use Class Sui Generis), 102 sqm of flexible Office / Community floorspace (Use Class E/F2) and 220 sqm of Retail floorspace (Use Class E), in a building of 19 storeys (+84.75 m AOD)

  Awaiting decision Full applications Extension Demolition 312 docs

• 2 Leman Street, London, E1 8FA

  2026/0643 Submitted 25 Mar 2026 87m away

  Notification from LB Tower Hamlets of application PA/26/00386 for the Demolition of the existing buildings and redevelopment of the site to provide a building ranging from basement, ground plus 19 storeys, comprising office (Class E) and aparthotel (Class C1); associated cycle and car parking, hard and soft landscaping and other associated works.

  Granted Demolition

• Bus Shelter, Pavement Outside 10 Whitechapel High Street, London E1

  PA/26/00411/NC Submitted 26 Mar 2026 89m away

  Display of a double sided internally illuminated LCD screen to display content with automatic rotation of images at the existing bus shelter, freestanding.

  Granted Advertising 9 docs

• PA/26/00532/S Granted

  Land Comprising Harriott House, Apsley House, Pattison House, The Redcoat Centre & Redcoat Community Centre, London, E1

  Application for Non-Material amendment to planning permission ref: PA/24/00368, dated 26/06/2025. Non Material amendments Sought: Several technical amendments to ensure that the consented scheme achieves full compliance with current Building Regulations, British Standards, and fire safety requirements.

  15 Apr 2026 Amendments
• PA/26/00838/NC Granted

  Tower Wharf, Tower of London and Arches beneath Tower Bridge, Tower Bridge Approach, London, EC3N 4AB

  Application for Non-Material amendment to planning permission ref: PA/25/00620, Dated 30/06/2025. Non Material amendment(s) Sought: Reconfiguration of Reveller entrance doors Alterations to doors within Moat Arches Increase in ASHP enclosure footprint

  12 May 2026 Amendments
• PA/26/00812/S Granted

  Pavement in front of 197 to 337 Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel Road, London, E1

  Application for non-material amendment of Planning permission Ref: PA/24/01403, Dated 07/02/2025 Non Material Amendment(s) Sought: Removal of Bulkhead: The overhead bulkhead as been omitted in favour of demountable components. A fall to the roof tarp will be formed through the installation of a 'pitch former' fixed to the top bars.

  7 May 2026 Amendments
• PA/26/00935/S Granted

  Wood Wharf RM01A (Development Plots A1, A4 and B3) Wood Wharf, Prestons Road, London E14

  Application for Non-Material amendment to planning permission ref: PA/16/00772, Dated 16/06/2026. Non Material amendment(s) Sought: The repositioning of the fence line at One Park Drive (Plot A1) Removal of Condition 3 to the RMA 01A

  28 May 2026 Amendments
• PA/26/00734/S Granted

  Former News International Site, Buildings H & J, London Dock, 1 Virginia Street, London E98 1XY

  Application for Non-Material Amendment to planning permission ref: PA/23/02079, Dated 26/06/2024. Non-Material Amendment(s) Sought: Minor internal and external modifications to Building H resulting from a new core configuration and the optimisation of internal layouts

  24 Apr 2026 Amendments