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51 Digby Crescent, Hackney, London, N4 2HS

2022/3099Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 4 April 2023

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Excavation and extension of a basement including front and rear light wells; single storey rear ground floor extension; rear roof extension; alterations to outrigger; creation of roof terraces; to allow for the conversion of a single dwelling into 4 x residential units and associated cycle and waste storage.

Received
29 December 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Brownswood Ward
  1. Received29 Dec
  2. Validated7 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 51 Digby Crescent, Hackney, London, N4 2HS. Hackney has handled 2,737 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 6 weeks longer than Hackney's typical decision time. The site is in the Brownswood conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Brownswood Ward. We hold 945 applications in total for the N4 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
N4 2HS
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 February 2023
Application expires
4 April 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Brownswood
  • Article 4 direction: Brownswood+2 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 (21)

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, 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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