Hopetown Hostel 60 Old Montague Street, London, E1 5NG
Approved on 4 March 2004
Council decision: PermitPlanning committee
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Proposal
Proposed demolition of existing 107 bed women's hostel. Proposed construction of new 22 unit (109 bed) supported housing and 3 no. 1 bed and 7 no. 2 bed self-contained family units (Sui Generis).
- Received
- 10 April 2003
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Ward
- Spitalfields and Banglatown
- Agent
- Swanke Hayden Connell Architects
- ReceivedReceived10 Apr
- ValidatedValidated10 Apr
- Consult.Consultation1 May
- TargetTarget Date9 Jul
- DecidedDecided4 Mar
Decided in 329 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Hopetown Hostel 60 Old Montague Street, London, E1 5NG. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 329 days, 39 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Spitalfields and Banglatown. 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 5NG
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 22
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 April 2003
- Consultation expiry
- 1 May 2003
- Consultation start
- 10 April 2003
- Consultation end
- 1 May 2003
- Target decision date
- 9 July 2003
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Swanke Hayden Connell Architects
- Agent address
- 25 Christopher Street, London, EC2A 2BS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 90 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 28 April 2003
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: Whitechapel 3
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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