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City House, 55 - 57 Rivington Street, Hackney, London, EC2A 3QA

2001/1408Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 31 October 2002

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Erection of three storey extention to form 316 metres square of office wing.

Received
15 August 2001
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Moorfields North (VN)
  1. Received15 Aug
  2. Validated15 Aug
  3. Consult.24 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Oct

Decided in 442 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at City House, 55 - 57 Rivington Street, Hackney, London, EC2A 3QA. Hackney has handled 2,737 applications of this type. This one was decided in 442 days, 55 weeks longer than Hackney's typical decision time. The site is in the South Shoreditch conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,204 applications in total for the EC2A 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
EC2A 3QA
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shoreditch Neighbourhood

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 August 2001
Consultation expiry
24 October 2001
Consultation start
3 October 2001
Consultation end
24 October 2001
Permission expires
31 October 2007

Additional information

Documents
1

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: South Shoreditch
  • Listed building: Grade II: 2 Posts to West of Curtain RoadOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: A4D Non-residential to residential+2 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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Hackney

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