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Pavement adjacent to Aldgate East Station entrance, Whitechapel High Street, London

PA/17/00651/RTelecoms Determination (GPDO 2015 Pt 16)Refused

Refused on 16 May 2017

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Installation of a public call box with solar panels

Received
20 March 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whitechapel
  1. Received20 Mar
  2. Validated20 Mar
  3. Consult.10 Apr
  4. Target15 May
  5. Decided16 May

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Pavement adjacent to Aldgate East Station entrance, Whitechapel High Street, London. Tower Hamlets has handled 28 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in the Whitechapel High Street conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 134 applications across Whitechapel.

88% of all 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
Telecoms Determination (GPDO 2015 Pt 16)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 March 2017
Consultation expiry
10 April 2017
Consultation end
10 April 2017
Neighbour consultation start
20 March 2017
Target decision date
15 May 2017

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 March 2017

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Whitechapel High Street
  • Article 4 direction: Aldgate West
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Whitechapel High Street, Aldgate
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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Source: Tower Hamlets

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