East Anglia House 12-34 Great Eastern Street London EC2A 3EH
Proposal
Erection of a 7 storey external core; erection of an internally illuminated single storey glazed signage box at eight floor level; external alterations to the existing front entrance; replacement of existing windows; change of use of 199.5sqm of the ground floor from Office (use class B1a) to a flexible use as offices (use class B1), retail (use class A1) or restaurant/café (use class A3) with associated works to the front elevation and rear elevations at ground floor level and installation of new plant at roof level
- Received
- 7 October 2014
- Target decision date
- 26 November 2014
- Council
- London Borough of Hackney
- Ward
- Hoxton East and Shoreditch Ward
- ReceivedReceived7 Oct
- ValidatedValidated15 Oct
- Consult.Consultation16 Dec
- TargetTarget Date26 Nov
- DecidedDecided
This is a full planning application for a change of use at East Anglia House 12-34 Great Eastern Street London EC2A 3EH. Hackney has handled 2,737 applications of this type and approves 80% of them, typically deciding them in 77 days. It was submitted on 7 October 2014 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the South Shoreditch conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 156 applications across Hoxton East and Shoreditch 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.
- Conservation area: South Shoreditch
- 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, 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.
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