Planning application
Unit 4, Black Lion House, 45 Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1DU
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use of an existing retail unit to provide additional ancillary hotel floorspace, includ...
As published by the council, reference PA/26/01324/NC
Application record
- Reference
- PA/26/01324/NC
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Permit
- Received
- 29 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 29 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 21 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Spitalfields and Banglatown
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- E1 1DU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 Jul 2026
Received by Tower Hamlets
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30 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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21 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Permit
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21 Sep 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Registered.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
- TFL
- LOCATION PLAN
- SITE PLAN
- GROUND FLOOR PLAN AS EXISTING
- SOUTH ELEVATION AS EXISTING
- EAST ELEVATION AS EXISTING
- GROUND FLOOR PLAN AS PROPOSED
- SOUTH ELEVATION AS PROPOSED
- EAST ELEVATION AS PROPOSED
- COVERING LETTER DATED: 24 JULY 2026
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Tower Hamlets granted permission on 21 September 2026, 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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