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1 - 5 Henriques Street, Commercial Road, London

PA/11/00281/A1Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 8 April 2011

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing building and erection of a 5 storey building containing office/studio use on ground floor with 6 flats above (4 x 1 bed, 1 x 2 bed, 1 x 3 bed) with cycle parking and amenity space.

Received
11 February 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whitechapel
Agent
Robinson Escott Planning
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.16 Mar
  4. Target8 Apr
  5. Decided8 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 1 - 5 Henriques Street, Commercial Road, London. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 134 applications across Whitechapel.

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
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 February 2011
Consultation expiry
16 March 2011
Consultation end
16 March 2011
Neighbour consultation start
23 February 2011
Target decision date
8 April 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent
Robinson Escott Planning
Agent address
Downe House, 303 HIGH STREET, Orpington, Kent, BR6 0NN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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