149 Powerscroft Road, Hackney, London, E5 0PR

2022/2849Certificate of Lawful Development Existing/ProposedApproved

Lawful development certificate

Approved on 12 April 2023

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Existing use of the premises as an HMO (use class C4).

Received: 23 November 2022
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Hackney
Ward: Lea Bridge Ward

ReceivedReceived23 Nov
ValidatedValidated15 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided12 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 149 Powerscroft Road, Hackney, London, E5 0PR. Hackney has handled 677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 140 days, 12 weeks longer than Hackney's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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: E5 0PR
Application type: Certificate of Lawful Development Existing/Proposed
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 February 2023
Application expires: 12 April 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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.

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© 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.

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Source: Hackney

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