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20 To 26 And Rear Of 28 To 30, Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1EW

PA/03/00658Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 31 July 2003

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of new mixed use residential and commercial building up to five storeys with ancillary vehicle servicing and car parking to rear comprising retention of existing wholesale use and rebuilding of ground floor with new shopfront and 18 residential units on upper floors.

Received
13 June 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whitechapel
Agent
Merritt Design Partnership
  1. Received13 Jun
  2. Validated13 Jun
  3. Consult.4 Jul
  4. Target8 Aug
  5. Decided31 Jul

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 20 To 26 And Rear Of 28 To 30, Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1EW. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitechapel High Street conservation area, with 5 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
Medium
Number of dwellings
18

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 June 2003
Consultation expiry
4 July 2003
Consultation start
13 June 2003
Consultation end
4 July 2003
Target decision date
8 August 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent
Merritt Design Partnership
Architect profile
MERRITT DESIGN PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
Agent address
105 Church Hill, Loughton, Essex, IG10 1QR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 June 2003

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2003
    13 Jun

    Erection of new mixed use residential and commercial building up to five storeys with ancillary vehicle…

    This applicationRefusedFullPA/03/00658
  2. 2003
    13 Jun

    Partial demolition of ground floor in the Whitechapel High Street Conservation Area in association with…

    RefusedConservation Area ConsentFiled alongsidePA/03/00798

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    7 Jan

    Painting (DULUX 72RR 07/173

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionPA/19/00057/NC

Source: Tower Hamlets

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