Planning application
Booth House, 153-175 Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1DN
Works: Extension Small domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Conversion of the existing building to a hotel, alongside a single storey extension and elevation alterations, including servicing and delivery arrangements, soft and hard landscaping and refuse and recycling storage
As published by the council, reference PA/26/00476/A1
Application record
- Reference
- PA/26/00476/A1
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 16 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 16 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Spitalfields and Banglatown
- Postcode
- E1 1DN
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Mar 2026
Received by Tower Hamlets
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25 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 11 May 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Tower Hamlets took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Q Square Group Ltd Agent, registered in London
Active · incorporated 2019 · London
56 applications on PlanIndex · across 13 councils · 93% granted
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See their track recordGarden Gate Capital Applicant, registered in St. Peter
Registered · incorporated 2022 · St. Peter
1 application on PlanIndex
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
33 documents on file for this application
- TFL
- PART 1
- PART 2
- FULL DRAWING PACK 01
- FULL DRAWING PACK 02
- ACCOMMODATION SCHEDULE
- AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT
- BAT AND NESTING BIRD ASSESSMENT REPORT
- BREEAM PRE ASSESSMENT
- DESK STUDY AND STAGE I RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX A - PART 2
- DESK STUDY AND STAGE I RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX A - PART 3
- DESK STUDY AND STAGE I RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX A - PART 4
- DESK STUDY AND STAGE I RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX A - PART 5
- DESK STUDY AND STAGE I RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX A - PART 6
- DESK STUDY AND STAGE I RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX B - PART 1
- DESK STUDY AND STAGE I RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX B - PART 2
- DESK STUDY AND STAGE I RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX C - PART 1
- DESK STUDY AND STAGE I RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX C - PART 2
- DESK STUDY AND STAGE I RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX D
- DESK STUDY AND STAGE I RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX E
- DESK STUDY PHASE I RISK ASSESSMENT
- DESK STUDY AND STAGE I RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX A - PART 1
- ENERGY STATEMENT
- ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT
- FIRE STATEMENT
- HEALTHY STREETS TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT
- CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLAN
- OVERHEATING ASSESSMENT
- STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- FRAMEWORK TRAVEL PLAN
- URBAN GREENING FACTOR
- UTILITY STATEMENT
- HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Tower Hamlets for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Tower Hamlets decided full applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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