Rear Of 55, Wentworth Street, London E1 7TD
Approved on 8 June 2017
Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of first floor rear extension for use as B1 office/storage
- Received
- 18 April 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Spitalfields and Banglatown
- Agent
- DIRECT PLANNING LIMITED
- ReceivedReceived18 Apr
- ValidatedValidated18 Apr
- Consult.Consultation29 May
- TargetTarget Date13 Jun
- DecidedDecided8 Jun
Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a rear extension at Rear Of 55, Wentworth Street, London E1 7TD. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the Wentworth Street conservation area, with 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. 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 7TD
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 April 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 29 May 2017
- Consultation end
- 29 May 2017
- Neighbour consultation start
- 8 May 2017
- Target decision date
- 13 June 2017
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- DIRECT PLANNING LIMITED
- Agent address
- 95-97 RIVERBANK HOUSE, HIGH STREET, ST. MARY CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 3NH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 4 May 2017
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 (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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