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1 Lower Clapton Road, Hackney, London, E5 0NS

2015/0235Full Planning PermissionRefused
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Refused on 31 March 2015

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Change of use to a car wash (use class - Sui Generis)

Received
22 January 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Homerton Ward
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.25 Mar
  4. Target17 Mar
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1 Lower Clapton Road, Hackney, London, E5 0NS. Hackney has handled 2,737 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than Hackney's typical decision time. The site is in the Clapton Square conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 91 applications across Homerton Ward. We hold 1,742 applications in total for the E5 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
E5 0NS
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
Other - miscellaneous
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2015
Consultation expiry
25 March 2015
Consultation start
12 February 2015
Consultation end
25 March 2015
Target decision date
17 March 2015

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Clapton Square
  • Listed building: Grade II: 17, Lower Clapton Road E5On or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Hackney Central+3 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Hackney

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