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38 To 40, Trinity Square, London

PA/11/00163/B1Full Planning PermissionRefused
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Refused on 8 March 2012

Council decision: RefusePlanning committee

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Proposal

Erection of a 9-storey building with basement, comprising a 370-room hotel (Use Class C1) with associated ancillary hotel facilities including cafe (Use Class A3), bar (Use Class A4) and meeting rooms (Use Class B1) with plant and storage at basement and roof level. The application also proposes the formation of a pedestrian walkway alongside the section of Roman Wall to the east of the site; the creation of a lift overrun to facilitate a lift shaft from ticket hall level to platform level within the adjacent London Underground station and associated step free access works; works of hard and soft landscaping;and other works incidental to the application.

Received
28 January 2011
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
St Katharines and Wapping
  1. Received28 Jan
  2. Validated28 Jan
  3. Consult.4 Mar
  4. Target9 Jun
  5. Decided8 Mar

Decided in 405 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 38 To 40, Trinity Square, London. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 405 days, 50 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the The Tower conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 125 applications across St Katharines and Wapping.

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
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 January 2011
Consultation expiry
15 August 2011
Consultation start
11 February 2011
Consultation end
4 March 2011
Neighbour consultation start
11 February 2011
Target decision date
9 June 2011
Committee meeting
1 March 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent
DP9
Agent address
100 Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5NQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
132 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 August 2011
Site notice start
11 February 2011

Appeal

Appeal result
Allowed

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
293

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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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