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Former 20-24 Commercial Street, London

PA/03/00355Advertisement ConsentApproved

Approved on 23 November 2005

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Display of a name sign, running down the western end of the south elevation at 1st to 3rd floor levels, illuminated by a floodlight set at ground level. Sign consists of individual letters on an area of the building 9.4m x 0.95m.

Received
10 March 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Spitalfields and Banglatown
Agent
Buckley Gray Architects
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.20 Mar
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided23 Nov

Decided in 989 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Former 20-24 Commercial Street, London. Tower Hamlets has handled 263 applications of this type. 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.

85% of advertising 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
Advertisement Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2003
Consultation expiry
20 March 2003
Consultation start
27 February 2003
Consultation end
20 March 2003
Target decision date
5 May 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent
Buckley Gray Architects
Agent address
Studio 5.04 The Tea Building, 56 Shoreditch High Street, London, E1 6JJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6

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: Toynbee HallOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2003
    15 Aug

    Use of ground floor unit as a health centre or clinic.

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionPA/03/01150

Source: Tower Hamlets

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