Building-control records are not yet collected for Tower Hamlets — the register is being gathered borough by borough (held so far: Lambeth, Brent, Ealing, Westminster, City and others).

Place

What affects it?

Every mapped designation touching a premises in this postcode, with how many of its 18 premises each one covers.

Designation

Coverage

Archaeological Priority Area

Tower Hamlets APA 2.11: Aldgate and Portsoken Summary and Definition The Aldgate and Portsoken APA covers Roman London’s eastern cemetery and one of the City’s post-medieval industrial subu · reference 76202 · covers 18 of 18 premises. Groundworks may require archaeological assessment or investigation.

Central Activities Zone

Named designation not supplied · reference CAZ00000008 · covers 18 of 18 premises. London Plan policies for the Central Activities Zone may apply.

Conservation Area

Wentworth Street · reference TH-44-WEN · covers 18 of 18 premises. Demolition, alterations, trees and design are subject to additional heritage controls.

Archaeological Priority Area

Central Activities Zone

Named designation not supplied · reference CAZ00000008 · covers 18 of 18 premises. London Plan policies for the Central Activities Zone may apply.

Conservation Area

Wentworth Street · reference TH-44-WEN · covers 18 of 18 premises. Demolition, alterations, trees and design are subject to additional heritage controls.

Nearby postcodes and streets

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E1 7EX3 m E1 7AA31 m E1 7PR42 m E1 7QD42 m E1 7AW70 m E1 7PN85 m E1 7TS85 m E1 7TF86 m

Access Road Between Goulston Street And Middlesex Street0 mMiddlesex Street0 m New Goulston Street21 m Goulston Street25 m

People

Who is involved?

Applicants, agents and officers are attached per application; the current area build carries references only — the borough entity run adds the names here.

Development

What could it become?

Planning precedent0 applications and 15 mapped decisions in this postcode — precedent for what has been permitted and refused here.

Energy15 EPC records; ratings C: 1, D: 4, E: 10.

What is not assertedNo capacity, value or ownership claim is made at area level; those belong to individual premises records and their evidence.

Intent signals

Planning Atlas Pro

Ownership, finance and market signals recorded at addresses in this postcode — each with date and source. Signals are evidence of change, not a prediction.

Signal

Evidence

Price decline · 6 Sept 2023

last sale £605,000 · 2% drop · ARTISAN HOUSE, 36 FLAT 16 MIDDLESEX STREET · source hmlr_ppd

Long hold · 15 Dec 1996

last sale £69,995 · 29 yrs held · ARTISAN HOUSE, 36 FLAT 1 MIDDLESEX STREET · source hmlr_ppd

Long hold · 15 Dec 1996

last sale £54,995 · 29 yrs held · ARTISAN HOUSE, 36 FLAT 3 MIDDLESEX STREET · source hmlr_ppd

Price decline · 6 Sept 2023

last sale £605,000 · 2% drop · ARTISAN HOUSE, 36 FLAT 16 MIDDLESEX STREET · source hmlr_ppd

Long hold · 15 Dec 1996

last sale £69,995 · 29 yrs held · ARTISAN HOUSE, 36 FLAT 1 MIDDLESEX STREET · source hmlr_ppd

Long hold · 15 Dec 1996

last sale £54,995 · 29 yrs held · ARTISAN HOUSE, 36 FLAT 3 MIDDLESEX STREET · source hmlr_ppd

7 intent signals recorded in this postcode

Price decline · Long hold · Ageing director

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Boundary: OS Postcode Unit areas (Ordnance Survey), 2026-08-14. Planning records: canonical stage2. EPC: EPC register. Premises: OS AddressBase / UPRN.