37 Sun Street, Hackney, London, EC2M 2PL
Proposal
Change of use of the ground floor from office use (B1) to retail use (A1 shops or A3 cafe/restaurant) and associated external alterations, including a new shopfront, new office entrance, alterations to office lobby areas, replacement of rear rooflights and installation of an extract flue and plant.
- Received
- 16 January 2013
- Decided
- 21 March 2013 · Grant
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Hackney
- Ward
- Haggerston Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted16 Jan
- ValidatedValidated24 Jan
- Consult.Consultation25 Feb
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided21 Mar
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 37 Sun Street, Hackney, London, EC2M 2PL. 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 64 days, 13 days quicker than Hackney's median. The site is in the Sun Street conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Haggerston Ward. We hold 758 applications in total for the EC2M postcode area.
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Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Sun Street
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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