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38-40 Commercial Road, London, E1 1LN

PA/00/01897/Telecoms Determination (GPDO Part 24)Approved
Prior approval

Approved on 18 January 2001

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Determination that prior approval will be required for the proposed siting and appearance of telecoms equipment of rooftop cabin and associated antennas.

Submitted
11 December 2000
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whitechapel
  1. Received11 Dec
  2. Validated11 Dec
  3. Consult.1 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Jan

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at 38-40 Commercial Road, London, E1 1LN. Tower Hamlets has handled 28 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 134 applications across Whitechapel. We hold 2,489 applications in total for the E1 postcode area.

88% of all applications at London Borough of Tower Hamlets were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
E1 1LN
Application type
Telecoms Determination (GPDO Part 24)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 December 2000
Consultation expiry
1 January 2001
Consultation start
11 December 2000
Consultation end
1 January 2001

Applicant and agent

Agent
Commpro Telecommunications
Agent address
Unit 5, Home Farm, Welford, Berkshire, RG20 8HR

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, tree preservation orders, 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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