Apex House, 2 Sylvester Road, Hackney, London, E8 1EP
Approved on 8 October 2001
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Change of use of B1office use and conversion into 7 live/work units together with external alterations including external staircase and covered walkways.
- Received
- 20 March 2001
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Hackney
- Ward
- Dalston Ward
- ReceivedReceived20 Mar
- ValidatedValidated20 Mar
- Consult.Consultation23 Jul
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided8 Oct
Decided in 202 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Apex House, 2 Sylvester Road, Hackney, London, E8 1EP. Hackney has handled 2,737 applications of this type. This one was decided in 202 days, 21 weeks longer than Hackney's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 122 applications across Dalston Ward. We hold 2,860 applications in total for the E8 postcode area.
85% of full 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 1EP
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Development type
- Full Planning
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hackney & Dalston Neighbourhood
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 March 2001
- Consultation expiry
- 23 July 2001
- Consultation start
- 23 July 2001
- Consultation end
- 23 July 2001
- Permission expires
- 7 October 2006
Additional information
- Documents
- 1
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201721 Mar
Non-material amendment to planning permission ref 2010/1239
ApprovedNon-material amendment2017/1189 - 20167 Dec
Variation of condition of planning permission 2010/1239
WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)2016/4538 - 200514 Apr
Erection of a 3 storey plus basement mixed use development comprising 4 x B1 units (756sqm floorspace) on…
ApprovedFull Planning Permission2005/0814
Source: Hackney
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