Planning

The council’s planning department provides a range of information and services regarding development in the borough, both to companies and residents. The council can advise on requirements for planning permission, planning fees and the appeals process.

• Pre-application advice
• Planning fees
• Do I need planning permission?
• Planning application forms
• View a planning application   
• Planning appeals  
• Planning enforcement
• Planning obligations
• Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)
• Planning consultations
• Conservation areas and listed buildings
• Committee meetings, reports and agendas
• Local plans and current planning policy
• Local Development Framework (LDF)
• Planning maps  

London Legacy Development Corporation

From October 1 2012, any planning application relating to land in Hackney Wick or Fish Island which is in Tower Hamlets must be submitted to the London Legacy Development Corporation (who become the Local Planning Authority on this date). For further details, including a map of the area affected, please view the London Legacy Development Corporation guidance note (pdf, 4MB).

How to contact us

Planning Department
Mulberry Place
5 Clove Crescent
London 
E14 2BG

Tel: 020 7364 5009
Fax: 020 7364 5415
Email:planningandbuilding@towerhamlets.gov.uk

Open 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday - except public holidays.
Public Transport: Buses 277, D6,15,115
Tube/DLR: East India Dock or Blackwall Stations

Location map for Planning Office (pdf,1.29mb)