2-8 Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1EW
Approved on 16 May 2003
Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from shop (A1) to office (B1), alteration to shop windows plus formation of a new entrance door.
- Received
- 3 April 2003
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Whitechapel
- Agent
- Foundation Architecture
- ReceivedReceived3 Apr
- ValidatedValidated3 Apr
- Consult.Consultation24 Apr
- TargetTarget Date29 May
- DecidedDecided16 May
Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 2-8 Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1EW. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitechapel High Street conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 134 applications across Whitechapel. We hold 2,489 applications in total for the E1 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- E1 1EW
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 April 2003
- Consultation expiry
- 24 April 2003
- Consultation start
- 3 April 2003
- Consultation end
- 24 April 2003
- Target decision date
- 29 May 2003
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Foundation Architecture
- Agent address
- c/o Daniel Wright, Selous House, 5-12 Mandela Street, London, NW1 0DU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 21 April 2003
- Site notice start
- 12 April 2003
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Whitechapel High Street
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.
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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Associated applications
- 20033 Apr
Change of use from shop (A1) to office (B1), alteration to shop windows plus formation of a new entrance door.
This applicationApprovedFullPA/03/00508 - 200331 Mar
Change of use from A1 and B8 to A2 use plus lowering of shop windows and an installation of new entrance door.
ApprovedFull Planning PermissionFiled alongsidePA/03/00527
Source: Tower Hamlets
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