Bow Common Gas Works, Bow Common Lane, London, E3

What is being proposed

Application for approval of reserved matters relating to the appearance and materials, landscaping, layout, scale and access for Blocks H and I, forming Parcel 1 of Bow Common Gasworks pursuant to planning permission PA/24/00996, including the construction of residential units (Use Class C3), flexible residential facilities and commercial uses (Classes A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, C3, D1 and D2) and ancillary floorspace together with new public open space, public realm works and landscaping; car and cycle parking; servicing amendments; sustainable energy measures; formation of new pedestrian and vehicular access, and site preparation works.

Description as published by Tower Hamlets.

What this could mean for you

These are the effects a proposal like this most often raises. Each one is a material planning consideration, so each can form the basis of a comment.

• Character of the area
• Loss of open space
• Parking pressure
• Traffic and access
• Trees and landscaping

Derived automatically from the proposal wording. Read the full application before relying on it.

Timeline

1. Received

   25 Sept 2025 · Submitted to the council

2. Validated

   25 Sept 2025 · Checked and published

3. Comments close

   Not yet · Last day to have your say

4. Decision due

   27 Feb 2026 · Target date, often slips

5. Decided

   27 Feb 2026 · Outcome published

Key facts

Reference

PA/25/01687

Authority

Tower Hamlets

Address

Bow Common Gas Works, Bow Common Lane, London, E3

Postcode

Not given

Type

Conditions and amendments

Scale

Minor

Applicant

Not published

Agent

Not published

Received

25 Sept 2025

Decision due

27 Feb 2026

View on the Tower Hamlets register

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