Challenger House, 42 Adler Street, London, E1 1EE
Approved on 21 December 2012
Council decision: Permit With S106 Legal Agreement
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Proposal
Change of use of building from offices (Use Class B1a) to hotel (Use class C1) comprising up to 187 bedrooms with associated external alterations including the provision of rooftop plant, ground floor entrance canopy, replacement windows and doors with car and cycle parking and servicing to rear.
- Received
- 19 July 2012
- Ward
- Whitechapel
- ReceivedReceived19 Jul
- ValidatedValidated19 Jul
- Consult.Consultation4 Sep
- TargetTarget Date18 Oct
- DecidedDecided21 Dec
Decided in 155 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Challenger House, 42 Adler Street, London, E1 1EE. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 155 days, 14 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitechapel High Street conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 134 applications across Whitechapel. 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 1EE
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 July 2012
- Consultation expiry
- 4 September 2012
- Consultation start
- 14 August 2012
- Consultation end
- 4 September 2012
- Neighbour consultation start
- 14 August 2012
- Target decision date
- 18 October 2012
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- BNP Paribas Real Estate
- Agent address
- 5 Aldermanbury Square, London, EC2V 7HR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 13 August 2012
- Site notice start
- 6 September 2012
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Whitechapel High Street
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage 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, 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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Tower Hamlets
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