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Bennett Walden, 121 Richmond Road, Hackney, London, E8 3NJ

2005/2852Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 20 April 2006

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of the lower ground and ground floors A1 (retail) shop to A2 (Estate agents) use.

Received
5 December 2005
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hackney Central Ward
  1. Received5 Dec
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.22 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Bennett Walden, 121 Richmond Road, Hackney, London, E8 3NJ. Hackney has handled 2,737 applications of this type. This one was decided in 136 days, 11 weeks longer than Hackney's typical decision time. The site is in the Graham Road and Mapledene conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 123 applications across Hackney Central Ward. We hold 2,859 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 3NJ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2006
Consultation expiry
22 March 2006
Consultation start
1 March 2006
Consultation end
22 March 2006
Permission expires
20 April 2011

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: Graham Road and Mapledene
  • Article 4 direction: London borough of Hackney
  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2005
    21 Nov

    Display of 3 externally illuminated fascia signs.

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent2005/2742

Source: Hackney

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