Former Site At 1 To 4 Blossom Street And 13 To 15 Folgate Street, Blossom Street, London
Approved on 20 April 2011
Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of Use of 13-15 Folgate Street and 1-4 Blossom Street to hotel (use class C1), enclosure of the 4th floor roof terrace and minor ground floor alterations.
- Received
- 19 January 2011
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Spitalfields and Banglatown
- ReceivedReceived19 Jan
- ValidatedValidated19 Jan
- Consult.Consultation14 Feb
- TargetTarget Date20 Apr
- DecidedDecided20 Apr
Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Former Site At 1 To 4 Blossom Street And 13 To 15 Folgate Street, Blossom Street, London. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer 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.
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
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 January 2011
- Consultation expiry
- 14 February 2011
- Consultation start
- 24 January 2011
- Consultation end
- 14 February 2011
- Neighbour consultation start
- 24 January 2011
- Target decision date
- 20 April 2011
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Gerald Eve
- Agent address
- 72 Welbeck Street, London, W1M 0AY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 31 January 2011
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Elder Street
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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