Tower Hamlets
Tower Hamlets/PA/25/01931/NC
Former LEB Site, 255-279 Cambridge Heath Road, London, E2 0EL
- Reference
- Tower Hamlets/PA/25/01931/NC
- Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Application type
- NC
- Address
- Former LEB Site, 255-279 Cambridge Heath Road, London, E2 0EL
- Postcode
- E2 0EL
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- EIA not required
- Received
- 4 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 4 Nov 2025
- Started
- 4 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 25 Nov 2025
- Source council
- Tower Hamlets
- Council source record
- View public record
- Public data licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Record updated
- 18 Jul 2026
- SEO index generated
- 24 Jul 2026
Location
Approximate location
Proposal
Request for Screening Opinion as to whether an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is required in accordance with the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) (the 'EIA Regulations') for the demolition of the existing buildings on site and the construction of a single building with stepped massing of up to 11 storeys in height consisting of the following:? Provision of up to 550 purpose-built student accommodation units (PBSA);? Provision of up to 400m2 employment generating floorspace (likely to come forward as commercial and community floorspace as Use Class E / F1 / F2);? Provision of 2 blue badge parking spaces and up to 220 cycle parking spaces; and? Associated public realm, amenity space and associated landscaping.
Key dates
- Received 4 Nov 2025
- Validated 4 Nov 2025
- Started 4 Nov 2025
- Decided 25 Nov 2025
Planning history / related applications
No related planning applications have been identified in the current public OGL dataset.
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