Former, 16 Hewett Street, Hackney, London, EC2A 3NN
Proposal
Request for scoping opinion pursuant to regulation 10 of the Town and Country Planning Environmental Impact Assessment (England and Wales) Regulations 1999 (as amended) for demolition of the existing buildings on site and erection of 4 buildings of 39 (141.3m AOD), 12 (66.2m AOD), 8 (46.8mAOD)and 2 storeys plus basement to provide residential accomodation (401 units), office space (Class B1) approximately 26162sqm, retail space (Class A1) approx 1327sqm and public space approximately 3673sqm.
- Received
- 13 July 2012
- Decided
- 30 October 2012 · ES Required
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Hackney
- Ward
- Haggerston Ward
- ReceivedReceived13 Jul
- ValidatedValidated13 Jul
- Consult.Consultation17 Aug
- TargetTarget Date24 Aug
- DecidedDecided30 Oct
Decided in 109 days (council typically 56)
This is an outline application for demolition at Former, 16 Hewett Street, Hackney, London, EC2A 3NN. Hackney has handled 98 applications of this type and approves 64% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 109 days, 8 weeks longer than Hackney's median. The site is in 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Haggerston Ward. We hold 1,202 applications in total for the EC2A postcode area.
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Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Article 4 direction: A4D Non-residential to residential+2 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
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