Former Westferry Printworks
In his role of making strategic planning decisions for London, the Mayor may occasionally take over an application, therefore becoming the local planning authority. He must then hold a public hearing before deciding whether or not to grant planning permission.
In this instance, the Mayor took over the application for the redevelopment of Former Westferry Printworks.
Background to the public hearing
On 25 January 2016, the Mayor received a request to become the local planning authority for the purpose of determining the planning application at the Former Westferry Printworks site in the London borough Tower Hamlets. This request was made by DP9 on behalf of the applicant of the planning application, pursuant to article 7 of the Town and Country Planning (Mayor of London) Order 2008.
On 4 February 2016, having considered a report on the case, the Mayor notified Tower Hamlets that he would act as the local planning authority for the purposes of determining the planning applications (under article 7 of the Mayor of London Order and the powers conferred by Section 2A of the 1990 Town and Country Planning Act).
The Local Planning Authority reference assigned to the application is PA/15/02216. The GLA reference is D&P/3663
GLA documents
The Mayor’s initial Stage 1 report, together with the Stage II report and the Mayor’s decision letters are available to download below.
Representation hearing
A public representation hearing was held in the chamber at City Hall on Wednesday 27 April 2016, starting at 10am. Following the hearing the Deputy Mayor decided to grant permission for the application subject to planning conditions and conclusion of a section 106 legal agreement.
The hearing report and agenda are available to download below.
Regulation 22 consulatation
The applicant submitted to the Greater London Authority further environmental information under Regulation 22 of the EIA Regulations, in relation to the Environmental Statement which was already provided. A copy of the further information is available to download below.
- Public Notice
- Environmental Statement Regulation 22 Addendum - A4 volume
- Environmental Statement Regulation 22 Addendum - A3 volume
- Westferry Printworks Regulation 22 Consultation letter - NPCU
The consultation was open for 21 days from the 21 March 2016.
Planning application documents
If you wish to view the original planning application documents, please refer to the borough’s planning page.
Please note all representations received by the borough have been sent to the Mayor.
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