Fosters’ Whitechapel office tower finally approved after eight years

By Tom Lowe2025-03-13T12:07:00

But council warned conservation area may need to be reviewed if controversial 17-storey scheme is built

A conservation area in Whitechapel may have to be reviewed following a decision by councillors to approve a Foster & Partners office tower which breaches local development policy, planning officers have warned.

Councillors at Tower Hamlets voted unanimously to approve Fosters’ long-delayed plans for the 17-storey building at 2-6 Commercial Street yesterday evening at the scheme’s fourth planning committee hearing.

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