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Abingdon House And Benson House, Boundary Street, London

PA/03/00479Listed Building Consent (S8 P&LBC 1990)Approved
Listed building consent

Approved on 3 December 2003

Council decision: PermitGLA/CLG

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Option 2 Abingdon and Benson Houses - external renovation including replacement windows and doors; replacement/repair of brick and stonework and rainwater goods; replacing existing bin store doors with new windows. Internal refurbishment and re-decoration of communal areas; removal of refuse chutes and incorporation of resulting part of each landing into adjoining flats by providing new front doors into existing archway. Courtyard landscaping including new gates and railings and construction of two new bin stores.Benson House only - re-roofing; demolition of paladin stores beside entrances and alterations to entrance porches.

Received
25 April 2003
Decision level
GLA/CLG
Ward
Weavers
Agent
Floyd Slaski Partnership
  1. Received25 Apr
  2. Validated25 Apr
  3. Consult.16 May
  4. Target20 Jun
  5. Decided3 Dec

Decided in 222 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Abingdon House And Benson House, Boundary Street, London. Tower Hamlets has handled 311 applications of this type. This one was decided in 222 days, 24 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the Boundary Estate conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 105 applications across Weavers.

91% of heritage 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
Listed Building Consent (S8 P&LBC 1990)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 April 2003
Consultation expiry
2 June 2003
Consultation start
25 April 2003
Consultation end
16 May 2003
Target decision date
20 June 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent
Floyd Slaski Partnership
Architect profile
FLOYD SLASKI ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
55 Clapham Common, South Side, London, SW4 9BX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 June 2003

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Boundary Estate+1 more
  • Listed building: Grade II: Abingdon HouseOn this site · +17 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 0000_13Protected tree on or next to this site · +4 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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.

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Source: Tower Hamlets

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