Former Calcutter House, Old Castle Street, London, E1 7NT
Approved on 5 June 2003
Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion of 3 garage/loading bays fronting Goulston Street into accommodation for university IT and careers suites involving external alterations a) Replacement of a window by double doors onto lay-by at north end b) replacement of garage doors and existing infill with full height glazed screen incorporating entrance doors and extract vents.
- Received
- 10 March 2003
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Spitalfields and Banglatown
- ReceivedReceived10 Mar
- ValidatedValidated10 Mar
- Consult.Consultation31 Mar
- TargetTarget Date5 May
- DecidedDecided5 Jun
Decided in 87 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at Former Calcutter House, Old Castle Street, London, E1 7NT. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 4 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Spitalfields and Banglatown. We hold 2,489 applications in total for the E1 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- E1 7NT
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 March 2003
- Consultation expiry
- 31 March 2003
- Consultation start
- 10 March 2003
- Consultation end
- 31 March 2003
- Target decision date
- 5 May 2003
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Robert Hutson
- Agent address
- The Mill, The Tye,, East Hanningfield, Essex, CM3 8AE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202619 Mar
Phased mixed-use redevelopment of the site, involving part-demolition and part-retention, refurbishment, and…
PendingFull Planning PermissionPA/26/00391/A1 - 202516 Sep
Request for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping opinion under Regulation 15 of the Town and…
Opinion IssuedAll OtherPA/25/01647/NC
Source: Tower Hamlets
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