107 Downs Road, Hackney, London, E5 8DA

2023/1273Full Planning PermissionPending Decision

Full

Proposal

Demolition of existing car repair workshop and redevelopment of the rear of the site to provide a two-storey building with office floorspace at ground floor and a residential unit on the first floor; external alterations including landscaping, alterations to access arrangements; alterations to basement of 107-109 Downs Road and provision of external rear fire escape to 107-109 Downs Road.

Received: 5 June 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Hackney
Ward: Hackney Downs Ward

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

ReceivedSubmitted5 Jun
ValidatedValidated26 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

8 weeks typical decision time in Hackney85% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application for demolition at 107 Downs Road, Hackney, London, E5 8DA. Hackney has handled 2,741 applications of this type and approves 80% of them, typically deciding them in 77 days. It was submitted on 5 June 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Clapton Pond conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 114 applications across Hackney Downs Ward. We hold 1,705 applications in total for the E5 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

2023/1273

Address

107 Downs Road, Hackney, London, E5 8DA

Postcode

E5 8DA

Local Authority

Hackney

Application Type

Full Planning Permission

Scale / Size

Small

Decision Status

Undecided

Current Status

Consultation/Publicity

Ward

Hackney Downs Ward

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

5 June 2023

Date Validated

26 July 2023

Date Submitted

5 June 2023

Application Expires

20 September 2023

Planning Decision

Decided By

Delegated

Statutory Period

56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents

Coordinates

51.556026, -0.056269

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Hackney

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Planning history at this site

3 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Clapton PondPart of the site
Article 4 direction: London borough of Hackney+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.

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