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Former Rear Of 1-4 Blossom Street, London, E1 6PL

PA/03/01225Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 8 October 2003

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from garden area for offices to a garden dining area (maximum of 32 people) for existing basement restaurant, between May and September inclusive up to 8pm.

Received
26 August 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Spitalfields and Banglatown
Agent
Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners
  1. Received26 Aug
  2. Validated26 Aug
  3. Consult.16 Sep
  4. Target21 Oct
  5. Decided8 Oct

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Former Rear Of 1-4 Blossom Street, London, E1 6PL. 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 Elder Street conservation area, with 19 listed buildings 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 6PL
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 August 2003
Consultation expiry
16 September 2003
Consultation start
26 August 2003
Consultation end
16 September 2003
Target decision date
21 October 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent
Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners
Agent address
14 Regent's Wharf, All Saints Street, London, N1 9RL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 September 2003
Site notice start
3 September 2003

Appeal

Appeal result
Allowed

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, 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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