Former LEB Site, 255-279 Cambridge Heath Road, London, E2 0EL
A planning application
Tower Hamlets · Reference PA/25/01931/NC
What is being proposed
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.
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.
- Parking pressure
- Boundaries and garden amenity
- Trees and landscaping
Derived automatically from the proposal wording. Read the full application before relying on it.
Timeline
Received
4 Nov 2025 · Submitted to the council
Validated
4 Nov 2025 · Checked and published
Comments close
Not yet · Last day to have your say
Decision due
Not yet · Target date, often slips
Decided
25 Nov 2025 · Outcome published
Key facts
- Reference
- PA/25/01931/NC
- Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Address
- Former LEB Site, 255-279 Cambridge Heath Road, London, E2 0EL
- Postcode
- E2 0EL
- Type
- Other
- Scale
- Medium
- Storeys
- 11
- Applicant
- Not published
- Agent
- Not published
- Received
- 4 Nov 2025
- Decision due
- Not given
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255-279 Cambridge Heath Road, London, E2 0EL
A planning application
Demolition of the existing buildings and redevelopment of the Site to provide a Purpose-Built Student Accommodation ('PBSA') led scheme extending from 4 storeys up to 11 storeys, with commercial and community floorspace at ground floor level, alongside public realm improvements, car parking and other associated works.Summary of the Proposals for the purpose of Public Consultation but does not form part of the Description of DevelopmentThe PBSA accommodation (Sui Generis) will deliver 520 student bedspacesThe maximum height of the 11 storey building would be 51.6mThe flexible commercial (Use Class E) and community floorspace (Use Class F2(b)) would amount to 389sqm