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Attlee Playground, Between Thrawl Streetand Lolesworth Close, London, E1

PA/03/00011Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 15 May 2003

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Continued use as sports and play area, demolition of existing buildings and development consisting of a) a two storey sports and community centre with pedestrian access from Thrawl Street b) new outdoor football and multi-purpose pitches, with changing rooms in a single storey building accessed from Lolesworth Close c) a single storey garage and storage building with a new vehicle crossover from Thrawl Street. (Full planning permission following Outline planning permission dated 30.11.2001)

Received
21 March 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Spitalfields and Banglatown
Agent
Clements & Porter Architects
  1. Received21 Mar
  2. Validated21 Mar
  3. Consult.11 Apr
  4. Target16 May
  5. Decided15 May

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Attlee Playground, Between Thrawl Streetand Lolesworth Close, London, E1. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. 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
21 March 2003
Consultation expiry
11 April 2003
Consultation start
21 March 2003
Consultation end
11 April 2003
Target decision date
16 May 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent
Clements & Porter Architects
Architect profile
CLEMENTS & PORTER LIMITED
Agent address
63 Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3QQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 January 2003

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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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