Tower Hamlets Planning Applications

Review Tower Hamlets planning permission trends by ward, including applications, approval rate and average weeks to decision.

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Tower Hamlets Planning Trends

Tower Hamlets recorded 2,112 planning applications in this London planning dataset, including 1,668 applications with an approval or refusal decision. Its approval rate is 87.6%, 2.4 percentage points above the London average (higher than average).

Approved applications in Tower Hamlets took 10.5 weeks on average. That is 1.9 weeks above the London average (slower than average). The ward with the most applications in this dataset is Bow East, with 207 applications.

Total decisions

1,668

Approval rate

87.6%

Weeks to decision

10.5


Tower Hamlets total	1,668	87.6% 87.6%	10.5
Poplar	53	98.1% 98.1%	9.6
Bromley South	57	94.7% 94.7%	10.1
St Katharines and Wapping	91	93.4% 93.4%	10.7
Lansbury	72	93.1% 93.1%	8.7
Canary Wharf	150	92.7% 92.7%	10.7
Bromley North	26	92.3% 92.3%	11.8
Bethnal Green East	87	90.8% 90.8%	11.4
Bow West	134	89.6% 89.6%	10.5
Blackwall and Cubitt Town	115	88.7% 88.7%	10.8
Bow East	173	88.4% 88.4%	11.0
Bethnal Green West	92	88.0% 88.0%	11.8
Spitalfields and Banglatown	104	87.5% 87.5%	9.5
Weavers	84	83.3% 83.3%	10.4
St Dunstans	63	82.5% 82.5%	8.2
Shadwell	49	81.6% 81.6%	11.6
Whitechapel	133	81.2% 81.2%	10.1
Island Gardens	46	80.4% 80.4%	10.4
Mile End	61	80.3% 80.3%	13.3
Limehouse	14	78.6% 78.6%	8.7
Stepney Green	63	74.6% 74.6%	9.1

Source: Planning London Datahub. Data covers period April 2025 to July 2026. Approval rate excludes applications still awaiting a decision.

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