Planning application
249-251 East India Dock Road, London E14 0EG
Works: Demolition
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Demolition of the existing building and erection of two buildings of 5 and 4 storeys (plus basement levels) to provide an apart-hotel comprising 48 self-catered suites (Use Class C1), with community space at ground and basement levels of the 5-storey building (flexible Use Classes F1 and F2)
As published by the council, reference PA/26/00489/A1
Application record
- Reference
- PA/26/00489/A1
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 7 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 7 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Lansbury
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- E14 0EG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Apr 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 2 June 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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Firstplan Ltd Agent, registered in London
Active · incorporated 2003 · London
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
36 documents on file for this application
- THAMES WATER
- UPDATED BASEMENT & GROUND FLOOR PLANS AND ELEVATION
- NOISE ASSESSMENT
- TFL
- PARKING SURVEY REPORT
- PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
- AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- FOLLETT STREET ELEVATION
- ELEVATION STUDY
- TFL
- TFL
- THAMES WATER
- HISTORIC ENGLAND GLAAS
- BNG EXEMPTION STATEMENT EIDR
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESK-BASED ASSESSMENT
- AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT
- BREEAM PRE-ASSESSMENT
- PART 1
- PART 2
- PART 3
- PART 4
- ENERGY STATEMENT
- EXISTING DRAWINGS
- FIRE STRATEGY
- AND SUDS STRATEGY
- MARKETING REPORT
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL AND ROOST ASSESSMENT
- STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- BLOCK PLAN
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- AND HERITAGE STATEMENT
- URBAN GREENING FACTOR
- COVER LETTER DATED: 17 MAR 2026
- HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT
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