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

2013/2091Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 20 August 2013

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Installation of lighting system to buidling's facade and upgrade of lighting at street level, to Mare Street, Wilton Way (west and south) elevations.

Received
24 June 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hackney Central Ward
  1. Received24 Jun
  2. Validated27 Jun
  3. Consult.1 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Aug

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Hackney Empire Theatre, Hackney Empire, 289 - 291 Mare Street, Hackney, London, E8 1EJ. Hackney has handled 2,737 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in the Mare Street conservation area, with 1 listed building 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.

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 1EJ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
Other - miscellaneous
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 June 2013
Consultation expiry
1 August 2013
Consultation start
10 July 2013
Consultation end
1 August 2013
Permission expires
20 August 2016

Additional information

Documents
35

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: Mare Street
  • Article 4 direction: A4D Non-residential to residential+2 more
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Mare Street, Hackney Central
  • 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, 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.

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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© 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.

Source: Hackney

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