Site at 12 To 16 Greatorex Street And 86 To 154 Old Montague Street, Greatorex Street, London
Approved on 12 March 2004
Council decision: PermitPlanning committee
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Proposal
Redevelopment to provide a part 4 and part 5 storey development providing 2440 sq.m of Class B1 use on the basement and ground floors and 244 rooms of student accommodation on the upper floors.
- Received
- 5 February 2003
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Ward
- Spitalfields and Banglatown
- Agent
- TP Bennett Architects
- ReceivedReceived5 Feb
- ValidatedValidated5 Feb
- Consult.Consultation26 Feb
- TargetTarget Date1 Apr
- DecidedDecided12 Mar
Decided in 401 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Site at 12 To 16 Greatorex Street And 86 To 154 Old Montague Street, Greatorex Street, London. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 401 days, 49 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. 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
- 5 February 2003
- Consultation expiry
- 26 February 2003
- Consultation start
- 5 February 2003
- Consultation end
- 26 February 2003
- Target decision date
- 1 April 2003
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- TP Bennett Architects
- Architect profile
- T P BENNETT SERVICES LIMITED
- Agent address
- One America Street, London, SE1 0NE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 24 February 2003
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.
- 20123 May
Submission of (REVISED) details pursuant of condition 6 (Energy Efficiency) of Council's planning permission…
RefusedDischarge of conditionsPA/12/00615/R - 201128 Jan
Application for non-material amendment following a grant of planning permission dated 06/12/2010, reference…
ApprovedNon-material amendmentPA/11/00171/NC
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