New housing in London Borough of Tower Hamlets
We read London Borough of Tower Hamlets's planning register every day. We hold 159 of its planning applications going back to 2015, and 1 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 47% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test, below the 75% at which national policy treats it as having an unmet need for housing.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 47% (2025): presumption
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 159
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 925 | 77 Marsh Wall, London, E14 9SH Consultation by London Borough of Tower Hamlets on a request for an EIA Screening Opinion under Regulation 15 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended), in respect… 25/00406/OBS | Awaiting decision | 19 Mar 2025 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: London Borough of Tower Hamlets's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.