2 - 4 Rufus Street, Hackney, London, N1 6PE

2001/1950Full Planning PermissionPermitted

Full

Proposal

Erection of new 5th floor level on roof top to provide office floorspace.

Received: 13 November 2001
Decided: 27 September 2002 · Grant
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Hackney
Ward: Moorfields North (VN)

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

ReceivedSubmitted13 Nov
ValidatedValidated10 Jan
Consult.Consultation28 Jan
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided27 Sep

Decided in 260 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Hackney85% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application at 2 - 4 Rufus Street, Hackney, London, N1 6PE. Hackney has handled 2,741 applications of this type and approves 80% of them, typically deciding them in 77 days. This one was decided in 318 days, 34 weeks longer than Hackney's median. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 3,954 applications in total for the N1 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

2001/1950

Address

2 - 4 Rufus Street, Hackney, London, N1 6PE

Postcode

N1 6PE

Local Authority

Hackney

Application Type

Full Planning Permission

Development Type

Full Planning

Scale / Size

Small

Decision Status

Permitted

Current Status

Final Decision

Ward

Moorfields North (VN)

Parish

Shoreditch Neighbourhood

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

13 November 2001

Consultation Expiry

28 January 2002

Date Decided

27 September 2002

Date Validated

10 January 2002

Date Submitted

13 November 2001

Consultation Start

7 January 2002

Consultation End

28 January 2002

Permission Expires

27 September 2007

Planning Decision

Decision

Grant

Decided By

Delegated

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents

Coordinates

51.526966, -0.081121

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Hackney

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

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

Conservation area: South Shoreditch
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 (21)

flood storage 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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