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1 Whites Row, London, E1 7NF

PA/11/00629/A1Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 9 May 2011

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of the existing 3rd floor mansard roof and replacing it with brickwork parapet; Conversion of all the upper floors from B1 office to C3 residential use; to provide 3 x 1, bedroom 2 x 2 bedroom,and 1X3 bedroom apartments with ground floor B1 office space separated from the upper parts by the creation of a new street entrance. Ground floor area use expanded to include flexible A1, A2 and B1 use classes.

Received
15 March 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Spitalfields and Banglatown
Agent
Osel Architecture
  1. Received15 Mar
  2. Validated15 Mar
  3. Consult.28 Apr
  4. Target10 May
  5. Decided9 May

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 1 Whites Row, London, E1 7NF. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the Artillery Passage conservation area, with 8 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 7NF
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 March 2011
Consultation expiry
28 April 2011
Consultation start
7 April 2011
Consultation end
28 April 2011
Neighbour consultation start
7 April 2011
Target decision date
10 May 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent
Osel Architecture
Architect profile
OSEL ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
26, OLDBURY PLACE, London, London, London, W1U 5PR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 April 2011

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Artillery Passage
  • Listed building: Grade II: Railings to No 5On 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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