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J & J Confectionery Ltd, 140 Chatsworth Road, Hackney, London, E5 0LT

2022/1162Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved

Council decision: Granted - Standard ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of the basement and ground floor from retail unit to residential use, together with the erection of a ground and first floor rear extensions, erection of a mansard roof extension and creation of front lightwell with grill above in order to facilitate the creation of 1x3bed, 2x2bed, and 1x1bed. Refuse/recycling storage and internal cycle storage (re-consultation to include the front lightwell)

Received
11 May 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lea Bridge Ward
  1. Received11 May
  2. Validated11 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at J & J Confectionery Ltd, 140 Chatsworth Road, Hackney, London, E5 0LT. Hackney has handled 2,737 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 11 May 2022 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 131 applications across Lea Bridge 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 0LT
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 May 2022
Application expires
6 July 2022

Planning decision

Decision
Granted - Standard Conditions
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: London borough of Hackney
  • 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

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