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Apex House, 2 Sylvester Road, Hackney, London, E8 1EP

2017/1189Non-Material AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 11 May 2017

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Non-material amendment to planning permission ref 2010/1239 dated 26/05/2011 comprising increased bulk to rear; alterations to fenestration, changes to layout, reduction of ground floor ceiling height, introduction of rear lightwell and alterations to shopfront

Received
21 March 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hackney Central Ward
  1. Received21 Mar
  2. Validated13 Apr
  3. Consult.11 May
  4. Target28 Apr
  5. Decided11 May

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Apex House, 2 Sylvester Road, Hackney, London, E8 1EP. Hackney has handled 677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Hackney's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 123 applications across Hackney Central Ward. We hold 2,860 applications in total for the E8 postcode area.

89% of amendment 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 1EP
Application type
Non-Material Amendment
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 April 2017
Consultation expiry
11 May 2017
Consultation start
31 March 2017
Consultation end
11 May 2017
Target decision date
28 April 2017
Application expires
11 May 2017
Permission expires
11 May 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Town Hall SquarePart of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Hackney Central+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 231a Graham RoadRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Source: Hackney

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