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50 Martello Street, Hackney, London, E8 3QP

2023/2468Certificate of Lawful Development Existing/ProposedRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused

Council decision: Refuse

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

Proposal

Existing use of the premises as a self-contained dwelling (use class C3).

Received
17 October 2023
Ward
London Fields Ward
  1. Received17 Oct
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 50 Martello Street, Hackney, London, E8 3QP. Hackney has handled 677 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 17 October 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Mare Street conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 175 applications across London Fields Ward. We hold 2,859 applications in total for the E8 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
E8 3QP
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Development Existing/Proposed

Planning application dates

Validated
17 October 2023

Planning decision

Decision
Refuse

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: Mare Street
  • Article 4 direction: A4D Non-residential to residential+2 more
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Mare Street, Hackney Central
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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