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38 Ridley Road, Hackney, London, E8 2NR

2016/4615Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 13 February 2017

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use from retail (Use Class A1) to hot food takeaway (Use Class A5) and erection of extract flue to rear elevation.

Received
15 December 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dalston Ward
  1. Received15 Dec
  2. Validated19 Dec
  3. Consult.13 Feb
  4. Target30 Jan
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 38 Ridley Road, Hackney, London, E8 2NR. Hackney has handled 2,737 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Hackney's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 123 applications across Dalston 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 2NR
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 December 2016
Consultation expiry
13 February 2017
Consultation start
22 December 2016
Consultation end
13 February 2017
Target decision date
30 January 2017
Application expires
13 February 2017

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Article 4 direction: Dalston+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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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