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Hackney Empire Theatre, Hackney Empire, 289 - 291 Mare Street, Hackney, London, E8 1EJ

2013/2088Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 20 August 2013

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Repair and maintenance to include: external fabric repairs; removal of buddleia on top of building; front of house lighting upgrade; improvements to disabled access.

Received
25 June 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hackney Central Ward
  1. Received25 Jun
  2. Validated25 Jun
  3. Consult.18 Jul
  4. Target6 Aug
  5. Decided20 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Hackney Empire Theatre, Hackney Empire, 289 - 291 Mare Street, Hackney, London, E8 1EJ. Hackney has handled 313 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Town Hall Square conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications 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.

92% of heritage 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 1EJ
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Development type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 June 2013
Consultation expiry
18 July 2013
Consultation start
27 June 2013
Consultation end
18 July 2013
Target decision date
6 August 2013
Permission expires
20 August 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
36

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Town Hall Square
  • Listed building: Grade II*: The Hackney EmpireOn or next to this site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Source: Hackney

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