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Kingsland Road Post Office, 416 Kingsland Road, Hackney, London, E8 4AA

2016/4049Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 5 June 2017

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of single-storey rear extensions at ground, first and second floor levels, removal of existing front mansard roof and replacement with front wall and erection of two additional floors to provide new third and fourth floor levels, to facilitate provision of additional retail space (use class A1) at ground floor level and conversion of the upper floors to three self-contained dwellings (use class C3) comprising 1 x 1 bed and 2 x 2 bed units.

Received
2 November 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
London Fields Ward
  1. Received2 Nov
  2. Validated6 Dec
  3. Consult.5 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Jun

Decided in 181 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Kingsland Road Post Office, 416 Kingsland Road, Hackney, London, E8 4AA. Hackney has handled 2,737 applications of this type. This one was decided in 215 days, 23 weeks longer than Hackney's typical decision time. The site is in the Kingsland conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 178 applications across London Fields 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 4AA
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
Other - miscellaneous
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 December 2016
Consultation expiry
5 June 2017
Consultation start
31 January 2017
Consultation end
5 June 2017
Application expires
31 January 2017

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
W/17/3177506
Appeal status
APPEAL DECIDED.
Appeal date
21 July 2017
Appeal result
Dismissal
Appeal decision date
10 October 2017

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Kingsland
  • Article 4 direction: Kingsland Road Local Shopping Centre+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 (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.

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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© 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.

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Source: Hackney

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