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"Gatehouse Building", Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercial Street, London, E1

PA/02/00723Full Planning PermissionApproved
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Approved on 21 May 2003

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Infilling of colonnade to courtyard south of building to create additional community offices and replacing ground floor facades on north and west elevations. Installation of three floodlights on north elevation.

Received
15 May 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Spitalfields and Banglatown
Agent
Boxall Sayer Ltd
  1. Received15 May
  2. Validated15 May
  3. Consult.5 Jun
  4. Target10 Jul
  5. Decided21 May

Decided in 6 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at "Gatehouse Building" , Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercial Street, London, E1. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 6 days, 7 weeks quicker than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Spitalfields and Banglatown.

83% of full 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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 May 2003
Consultation expiry
5 June 2003
Consultation start
15 May 2003
Consultation end
5 June 2003
Target decision date
10 July 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent
Boxall Sayer Ltd
Agent address
Midland House, 1 Market Avenue, Chichester, W Sussex, PO19 1JU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Whitechapel High StreetNext to the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Toynbee HallOn this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2018
    10 Dec

    Installation of artwork consisting of seven letters arranged vertically spelling out the word REFLECT and…

    RefusedFull Planning PermissionPA/18/03471/NC
  2. 2017
    26 Jul

    The construction of a new security gate to the front of the 'Arts Admin' entrance.

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionPA/17/01877/NC
  3. 2003
    11 Aug

    Hard surfaced area facing Gunthorpe Street, between 78 Wentworth Street and Sunley House - enclose with 1.7m…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionPA/03/01024
  4. 2003
    9 Jul

    Details of new joinery, required by condition 2(a) of conditional planning permission dated 21st May 2003…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/03/00866
  5. 2003
    17 Mar

    Replacement of an existing external door at rear of Gatehouse Building with a pair of wooden doors, in…

    ApprovedListed building consentPA/02/01305
  6. 2003
    28 Jan

    Retention of lift to inserted into stairwell at rear of building.

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionPA/02/01356

Source: Tower Hamlets

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