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 existing building and erection of a part 5 storey, part 4 storey (plus basement) building to provide an apart-hotel (comprising of 48 self-catered suites) with a community space at ground and basement levels (flexible Class F1 or Class F2 use).
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
724 applications on PlanIndex · across 106 councils · 94% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
38 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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