Search and comment on planning applications

Online planning register

You can look at planning applications received by the council using our online planning register. This service allows you to:

  • see the details of individual planning applications
  • see what planning decisions we have made
  • submit comments on an applications (if it’s within a consultation period)
  • track the progress of applications, save searches and get email notifications (when you register)
  • search for current or historic applications relating to a property (from 2000).

Issues searching for applications

Please be patient when searching for planning applications as our system deals with simultaneous requests. If the system is slow to respond or you see error messages, please try again after 20 minutes.

Some planning register users are currently experiencing problems logging in to make comments on planning applications. Searching and viewing cases and documents is working as normal.

We are looking into the issue as a high priority and we apologise for any inconvenience caused.

If you wish to comment on a planning application and are unable to do so using the system, please email development.control@towerhamlets.gov.uk.

Search for planning applications

Planning appeals

You can view evidence, submit comments and check the progress of a planning appeal online via the Planning Portal.

Public Inquiry - Innovation Centre, 225 Marsh Wall 

LBTH Ref: PA/21/00900/A1, Appeal Ref:  APP/E5900/W/22/3307773)

A public inquiry is to be held on 7 February 2023 and is expected to run until 10 February 2023. The original planning application documents can be found on our planning register and the appeal documents are available on a separate dedicated webpage.

The public inquiry will take place at:

London Borough of Tower Hamlets
160 Whitechapel Road
London 
E1 1BJ

If you are unable to attend in person, there may be the opportunity to view the inquiry via a webcast.
Please do  make sure that you checkhttps://towerhamlets.public-i.tv/core/portal/home the webcast  page regarding the availability for this inquiry.

Find planning applications on a map

You can use our interactive maps to:

  • view the locations of current and decided planning applications
  • get details of applications in a chosen location.

View planning applications by location.

Council committees

 You can read the reports and decisions relating to planning applications on our Committee pages. The Strategic Development and the Development Committee are the two relevant pages. You can also get the details of forthcoming planning committee meetings on our calendar of meetings

Historic planning applications

You can search for applications on our online planning register from 2000 onwards. If you wish to view older applications you can make a request to retrieve the files via our Document Copy requests and File retrievals page

Hackney Wick and Fish Island planning applications

Planning applications relating to land in Hackney Wick or Fish Island are submitted to the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC). You can view these applications on the LLDC register of planning applications.

Please note: This applies to applications after 1 October 2012 - Applications prior to this date can be viewed on the our online planning register.

Disclaimer

The applications and ancillary documents received by the council are from the applicant and do not represent the views of the council or any judgement on the merits of the application which will remain to be decided by the council’s Planning Committee.

We are not liable for the accuracy of the information on the web site. You rely on this information at your own risk.

We are not responsible for the contents or reliability of the linked web sites and we cannot guarantee that these links will work all the time and we do not have any control over availability of the linked pages.