Request ID: FOI-1460-2324 Date published: 21 August 2023
You asked
Dear London River Services Limited,
In 1998 an application was made to demolish and reconstruct Tower Pier.
Records of any planning application made to Tower Hamlets appear to suggest that Tower Hamlets failed to make a determination of this application which was given the references PA/98/00527 and PA/98/00528. The applications were removed from any decision list in February 2011.
Please can you provide copies of all correspondence and plans associated with the demolition and reconstruction of Tower Pier.
Since the reconstruction identified, what further changes have taken place apart from what is identified in PA/11/01590.
What operational time constraints are currently in place for Tower Pier and are there any associated conditions of operation either from the LPA, TfL or GLA?
We answered
TfL Ref: 1460-2324
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 3 August 2023 asking for information about Tower Pier.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Environmental Information Regulations and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold some of the information you require. You asked: In 1998 an application was made to demolish and reconstruct Tower Pier.
Records of any planning application made to Tower Hamlets appear to suggest that Tower Hamlets failed to make a determination of this application which was given the references PA/98/00527 and PA/98/00528. The applications were removed from any decision list in February 2011.
Please can you provide copies of all correspondence and plans associated with the demolition and reconstruction of Tower Pier.
Since the reconstruction identified, what further changes have taken place apart from what is identified in PA/11/01590.
What operational time constraints are currently in place for Tower Pier and are there any associated conditions of operation either from the LPA, TfL or GLA?
TfL took over the ownership and management of Tower Pier from the Port of London Authority (PLA) in 1999 and as such does not hold any further records for the demolition and reconstruction of Tower Pier, originally submitted by the Port of London Authority (PLA).
There have been no further changes to the construction of Tower Pier following the works identified in PA/11/01590.
There are no operational time constraints for the pier or associated conditions of operation. However, TfL has detailed licencing conditions to ensure that all operators using TfL’s piers act safely and responsibly at all times.
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Yours sincerely
Sara Thomas FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
