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Olive School, 2 Lower Clapton Road, Hackney, London, E5 0PD

2023/0967Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 28 July 2023

Council decision: Granted - Extra ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Installation of new signage along the front elevation of 32 St John's Church Road and 2-4 Clapton Road; alterations to the design of the front door and alterations to the fenestrations of 32 St John's Church Road; increase in size of sloped access

Received
27 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Homerton Ward
  1. Received27 Apr
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Jul

Decided in 92 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for signage at Olive School, 2 Lower Clapton Road, Hackney, London, E5 0PD. Hackney has handled 2,737 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 5 weeks longer than Hackney's typical decision time. The site is in the Clapton Square conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 91 applications across Homerton 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 0PD
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2023
Application expires
28 July 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
92 days

Additional information

Documents
14

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: Clapton Square
  • Article 4 direction: A4D Non-residential to residential+3 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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