43A Commercial Street, London
Refused on 8 June 2017
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of an additional storey at roof level over entire building to create 2 two bedroom flats and 1 one bedroom flat (3 new units).
- Received
- 13 April 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Spitalfields and Banglatown
- Agent
- Chris Dyson Architects LLP
- ReceivedReceived13 Apr
- ValidatedValidated13 Apr
- Consult.Consultation26 May
- TargetTarget Date8 Jun
- DecidedDecided8 Jun
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 43A Commercial Street, London. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Wentworth Street conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Spitalfields and Banglatown.
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
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 April 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 26 May 2017
- Consultation end
- 26 May 2017
- Neighbour consultation start
- 5 May 2017
- Target decision date
- 8 June 2017
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Chris Dyson Architects LLP
- Agent address
- 74 Commercial Street, London, E1 6LY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 4 May 2017
Appeal
- Appeal result
- Dismiss
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Wentworth Street
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, 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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Associated applications
- 201713 Apr
Erection of an additional storey at roof level over entire building to create 2 two bedroom flats and 1 one…
This applicationRefusedFullPA/17/00936/R - 201713 Apr
Internal and external alterations in connection with the erection of an additional storey at roof level over…
RefusedListed building consentFiled alongsidePA/17/00937/R
Source: Tower Hamlets
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