57-59 Whitechapel Road & 85 Whitechapel Road (including Magenta House)

PA/12/02142/SApproval of Details -Discharge ConditionApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 15 August 2012

Council decision: Permit

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Submission of details pursuant to Condition 12 (sustainability) of planning permission dated 9th March 2011, reference PA/10/1466 as amended by permission dated 2nd August 2011, reference PA/11/967.

Received: 27 July 2012
Council: London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Ward: Spitalfields and Banglatown
Agent: Watkin Jones Group

ReceivedReceived27 Jul
ValidatedValidated27 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date21 Sep
DecidedDecided15 Aug

Decided in 19 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at 57-59 Whitechapel Road & 85 Whitechapel Road (including Magenta House). Tower Hamlets has handled 929 applications of this type. This one was decided in 19 days, 5 weeks quicker than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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: 27 July 2012
Consultation start: 27 July 2012
Target decision date: 21 September 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent: Watkin Jones Group
Agent address: Units 2, Wellfield Business Park, Preston Brook, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 3FR

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 8

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.

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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