Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
1 approved · 6 refused · 0 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 19 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land At Gill Street, London, E14 8AN
Received Not publishedStar Of The East Public House, 805A Commercial Road, London, E14 7HG
Received Not publishedPlots S2 S3 S10, The International Quarter South, Westfield Avenue, Stratford, London
Received Not publishedLondon Stadium, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, London, E20 2ST
Received Not publishedAldgate House 33 Aldgate High Street London EC3N 1AH
Received Not publishedTiller Leisure Centre, Tiller Road, London, E14 8PX
Received Not published21 Hertsmere Road, London, E14 4AF
Received Not published125 Railway Arches, Chapman Street, London, E1 2PH
Received Not publishedBelvedere and Mandeville Place, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London E20 2AA
Received Not published31 ? 33 Prescot Street and 99 Mansell Street, London E1
Received Not published11 Lyal Road, London, E3 5QG
Received Not published121 Grantley Street, London, E1 4BP
Received Not published17 Lichfield Road, London, E3 5AT
Received Not published37 Zealand Road, London, E3 5RA
Received Not published53 Ellesmere Road, London, E3 5QU
Received Not publishedLevel 5, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AB
Received Not published30 Zealand Road, London, E3 5RB
Received Not published1 Canada Square, London, E14 5AB
Received Not published70-86 Chisenhale Road, London, E3 5RT
Received Not publishedFormer Poplar Bus Depot, Leven Road, London, E14 0LN
Received Not published5 Bow Road, London, E3 2AD
Received Not published68-70 Warner Place, London, E2 7DA
Received Not published40 Chisenhale Road, London, E3 5QZ
Received Not publishedSt Georges Leisure Centre, 221 The Highway, London, E1W 3BP
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for London Borough of Tower Hamlets, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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