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Apex House, 2 Sylvester Road, Hackney, London, E8 1EP

2005/0814Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 12 August 2005

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Erection of a 3 storey plus basement mixed use development comprising 4 x B1 units (756sqm floorspace) on basement and ground floor, and 9 residential units (5 x 1 bed flats, 2 x 2 bed flats and 2 x 3 bed flats) on first and second floors, together with safety railings to windows.

Received
14 April 2005
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hackney Central Ward
  1. Received14 Apr
  2. Validated5 May
  3. Consult.14 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Aug

Decided in 99 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at Apex House, 2 Sylvester Road, Hackney, London, E8 1EP. Hackney has handled 2,737 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 9 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 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 123 applications across Hackney Central 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

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 May 2005
Consultation expiry
14 June 2005
Consultation start
24 May 2005
Consultation end
14 June 2005
Permission expires
12 August 2010

Additional information

Documents
5

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
  • Article 4 direction: Hackney Central+1 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Hackney

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