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Booth House, 153-175 Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1DN

Awaiting decision Tower Hamlets PA/26/00476/A1 Full Planning Permission

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

  1. 16 Mar 2026

    Received by Tower Hamlets

  2. 25 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 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

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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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Garden Gate Capital Applicant, registered in St. Peter

Registered · incorporated 2022 · St. Peter

1 application on PlanIndex

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

33 documents on file for this application

  • TFL Consultee Comment · 20 May 2026
  • PART 1 Design & Access Statement · 16 Mar 2026
  • PART 2 Design & Access Statement · 16 Mar 2026
  • FULL DRAWING PACK 01 Current Plan · 16 Mar 2026
  • FULL DRAWING PACK 02 Current Plan · 16 Mar 2026
  • ACCOMMODATION SCHEDULE Correspondence · 16 Mar 2026
  • AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT Report · 16 Mar 2026
  • BAT AND NESTING BIRD ASSESSMENT REPORT Report · 16 Mar 2026
  • BREEAM PRE ASSESSMENT Correspondence · 16 Mar 2026
  • DESK STUDY AND STAGE I RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX A - PART 2 Report · 16 Mar 2026
  • DESK STUDY AND STAGE I RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX A - PART 3 Report · 16 Mar 2026
  • DESK STUDY AND STAGE I RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX A - PART 4 Report · 16 Mar 2026
  • DESK STUDY AND STAGE I RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX A - PART 5 Report · 16 Mar 2026
  • DESK STUDY AND STAGE I RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX A - PART 6 Report · 16 Mar 2026
  • DESK STUDY AND STAGE I RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX B - PART 1 Report · 16 Mar 2026
  • DESK STUDY AND STAGE I RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX B - PART 2 Report · 16 Mar 2026
  • DESK STUDY AND STAGE I RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX C - PART 1 Report · 16 Mar 2026
  • DESK STUDY AND STAGE I RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX C - PART 2 Report · 16 Mar 2026
  • DESK STUDY AND STAGE I RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX D Report · 16 Mar 2026
  • DESK STUDY AND STAGE I RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX E Report · 16 Mar 2026
  • DESK STUDY PHASE I RISK ASSESSMENT Report · 16 Mar 2026
  • DESK STUDY AND STAGE I RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX A - PART 1 Report · 16 Mar 2026
  • ENERGY STATEMENT Report · 16 Mar 2026
  • ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT Report · 16 Mar 2026
  • FIRE STATEMENT Report · 16 Mar 2026
  • HEALTHY STREETS TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT Report · 16 Mar 2026
  • CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLAN Report · 16 Mar 2026
  • OVERHEATING ASSESSMENT Report · 16 Mar 2026
  • STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Report · 16 Mar 2026
  • FRAMEWORK TRAVEL PLAN Report · 16 Mar 2026
  • URBAN GREENING FACTOR Current Plan · 16 Mar 2026
  • UTILITY STATEMENT Report · 16 Mar 2026
  • HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT Report · 16 Mar 2026

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What 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.

About full applications

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

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