159 Commercial Street, London, E1 6BJ
Approved on 8 July 2004
Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Redevelopment of the site including refurbishment of the street facades plus the creation of a 4th floor extension. Use of the site at basement level for storage purposes, on the ground floor level as offices (Class B1) and on the upper 4 floors residential (3 one-bed, 7 two-bed and 4 three-bed flats.
- Received
- 30 September 2003
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Spitalfields and Banglatown
- Agent
- Bahara Designs Ltd.
- ReceivedReceived30 Sep
- ValidatedValidated30 Sep
- Consult.Consultation21 Oct
- TargetTarget Date25 Nov
- DecidedDecided8 Jul
Decided in 282 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at 159 Commercial Street, London, E1 6BJ. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 282 days, 32 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the Elder Street conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 6BJ
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 September 2003
- Consultation expiry
- 21 October 2003
- Consultation start
- 30 September 2003
- Consultation end
- 21 October 2003
- Target decision date
- 25 November 2003
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Bahara Designs Ltd.
- Agent address
- 128 Ilford Lane, Ilford, Essex, IG1 2LE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 9 June 2003
- Site notice start
- 2 June 2003
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Elder Street
- Listed building: Grade II: 1, ELDER STREET E1 (See details for further address information)On or next to this site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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, 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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201227 Apr
Construction of two additional floors to provide 8 no. residential units (5 x 1 bedroom and 3 x 2 bedroom)…
Appeal Against Non-DeterminationFull Planning PermissionPA/12/01104/NC - 201130 Mar
a) Retrospective application for the retention of vertical ductwork within internal courtyard and roof…
ApprovedFull Planning PermissionPA/11/00351/NC - 200017 Aug
Change of use and conversion of first, second and third floors from commercial use to form 10 self-contained…
ApprovedFull Planning PermissionPA/99/01273
Source: Tower Hamlets
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