Hackney Empire Theatre, Hackney Empire, 289 - 291 Mare Street, Hackney, London, E8 1EJ

2001/0495Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 31 January 2003

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Internal and External alterations and extentions to theatre & partial demolition of pub, and demolition of wall adjacent to Sylvester Path (Modified proposals to South/306/99/LB)

Received: 23 February 2001
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Hackney
Ward: Dalston Ward

ReceivedReceived23 Feb
ValidatedValidated23 Feb
Consult.Consultation18 Jul
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided31 Jan

Decided in 707 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Hackney Empire Theatre, Hackney Empire, 289 - 291 Mare Street, Hackney, London, E8 1EJ. Hackney has handled 313 applications of this type. This one was decided in 707 days, 93 weeks longer than Hackney's typical decision time. The site is in the Town Hall Square conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 124 applications across Dalston Ward. We hold 2,859 applications in total for the E8 postcode area.

92% of heritage applications at London Borough of Hackney were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: E8 1EJ
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Development type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Hackney & Dalston Neighbourhood

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 February 2001
Consultation expiry: 18 July 2001
Consultation start: 18 July 2001
Consultation end: 18 July 2001
Permission expires: 31 January 2008

Additional information

Documents: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Town Hall Square
Listed building: Grade II: 4, Sylvester Path E8On or next to this site
Article 4 direction: A4D Non-residential to residential+3 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Hackney

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