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40 Great Eastern Street, Hackney, London, EC2A 3EP

2018/3915Listed Building ConsentWithdrawn

Withdrawn on 20 December 2018

Council decision: Withdrawn DecisionWithdrawn-Applicant

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a roof extension, removal of internal partitions and services and provision of WC facilities in association with change of use of first, second, third and mezzanine floors from 2 x residential units (Use Class C3) and 3 x live / work units (sui generis use) to use as office (Use Class B1a). Use of the first, second, third and mezzanine floor levels as office (Class B1a); associated removal of internal partitions and services and provision of WC facilities and a roof extension.

Received
29 October 2018
Decision level
Withdrawn-Applicant
Ward
Hoxton East and Shoreditch Ward
  1. Received29 Oct
  2. Validated29 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Dec
  5. Decided20 Dec

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at 40 Great Eastern Street, Hackney, London, EC2A 3EP. Hackney has handled 313 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 52 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the South Shoreditch conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 153 applications across Hoxton East and Shoreditch Ward. We hold 1,204 applications in total for the EC2A postcode area.

92% of heritage 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
EC2A 3EP
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 October 2018
Consultation start
29 October 2018
Target decision date
10 December 2018
Application expires
24 December 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

First advertised
19 November 2018

Additional information

Documents
46

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: South Shoreditch
  • Listed building: Grade II: 40-42, Great Eastern StreetOn this site
  • Article 4 direction: Hackney Central Activity Zone
  • 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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Associated applications

  1. 2018
    29 Oct

    Erection of a roof extension and change of use of first, second, third and mezzanine floor levels from 2 x…

    WithdrawnFull Planning PermissionFiled alongside2018/3913
  2. 2018
    29 Oct

    Erection of a roof extension, removal of internal partitions and services and provision of WC facilities in…

    This applicationWithdrawnHeritage2018/3915

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