57-59 Whitechapel Road & 85 Whitechapel Road (comprising Magenta House, adjoining car park and the existing external staircase and vacant land to the south of Magenta House fronting Whitechapel Road.

PA/11/00967/NCVariation / Removal Condition (TCPA S73)Approved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 2 August 2011

Council decision: Permit

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Application under S73 of the Town and Country Planning Act for a minor material amendment of varying condition 2 of planning permission PA/10/1466 dated 09/03/2011.Minor material amendmentsRemoval of basement from the scheme Plant room to be relocated from basement to 1st floor levelConversion of approved fire exit doors to windowsAdditional at 1 no fire door at ground level only at block A & BAddition of acoustically treated roof top extract fansAddition of acoustically treated louvers to Block C first and Second floors

Received: 3 May 2011
Council: London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Ward: Spitalfields and Banglatown
Agent: AROS Architects

ReceivedReceived3 May
ValidatedValidated3 May
Consult.Consultation4 Aug
TargetTarget Date2 Aug
DecidedDecided2 Aug

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at 57-59 Whitechapel Road & 85 Whitechapel Road (comprising Magenta House, adjoining car park and the existing external staircase and vacant land to the south of Magenta House fronting Whitechapel Road.. Tower Hamlets has handled 929 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 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Spitalfields and Banglatown.

96% of conditions 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: Variation / Removal Condition (TCPA S73)
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 3 May 2011
Consultation expiry: 4 August 2011
Consultation start: 14 July 2011
Consultation end: 4 August 2011
Neighbour consultation start: 14 July 2011
Target decision date: 2 August 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent: AROS Architects
Architect profile: AROS LIMITED
Agent address: Jerwood Space, 171 Union Street, London, SE1 0LN

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 30 May 2011

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 13

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Article 4 direction: Whitechapel 3Part of the site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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Source: Tower Hamlets

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