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197 Lower Clapton Road, Hackney, London, E5 8EG

2012/0479Certificate of Lawful Development Existing/ProposedRefused
Lawful development certificate

Proposal

Existing use of premises (ground floor) as a Social Club (Class D2).

Received
13 February 2012
Decided
12 April 2012 · Refuse
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hackney Downs Ward
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Hackney89% of amendment applications approved

This is an application to amend a permission at 197 Lower Clapton Road, Hackney, London, E5 8EG. Hackney has handled 679 applications of this type and approves 87% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Hackney's median. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 114 applications across Hackney Downs Ward. We hold 1,705 applications in total for the E5 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
2012/0479
Address
197 Lower Clapton Road, Hackney, London, E5 8EG
Postcode
E5 8EG
Local Authority
Hackney
Application Type
Certificate of Lawful Development Existing/Proposed
Development Type
Certificate of Lawful Use
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Rejected
Current Status
Final Decision
Ward
Hackney Downs Ward

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
13 February 2012
Date Decided
12 April 2012
Date Validated
16 February 2012
Date Submitted
13 February 2012

Planning Decision

Decision
Refuse
Decided By
Delegated

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
5
Coordinates
51.556328, -0.055895
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Hackney

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Clapton Pond
  • Article 4 direction: Lower Clapton Road Local Shopping Centre
  • 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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© 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.

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