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68 To 70, Middlesex Street, London, E1

PA/02/01847Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 1 July 2004

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use and self-containment of upper floors to create 3 flats and installation of new door in the existing shopfront at number 70 to provide residential access.

Received
3 February 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Spitalfields and Banglatown
Agent
Bahara Designs Ltd.
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.13 Feb
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided1 Jul

Decided in 514 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 68 To 70, Middlesex Street, London, E1. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 514 days, 65 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the Wentworth Street conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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
3 February 2003
Consultation expiry
24 February 2003
Consultation start
23 January 2003
Consultation end
13 February 2003
Target decision date
31 March 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bahara Designs Ltd.
Agent address
128 Ilford Lane, Ilford, Essex, IG1 2LE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 February 2003

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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, 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.

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