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/11/01134/SApproval of Details -Discharge ConditionApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 21 July 2011

Council decision: Permit

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Submission of details pursuant to condition 7 (construction management plan) of planning permission dated 9th March 2011, reference PA/10/1466.

Received: 8 April 2011
Council: London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Ward: Spitalfields and Banglatown
Agent: AROS Architects

ReceivedReceived8 Apr
ValidatedValidated8 Apr
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date3 Jun
DecidedDecided21 Jul

Decided in 104 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions 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 104 days, 7 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: Approval of Details -Discharge Condition
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 April 2011
Consultation start: 8 April 2011
Target decision date: 3 June 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: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

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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