71-73 Commercial Street, London
Approved on 11 January 2019
Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application for certificate of lawfulness in respect of existing use of 3 residential (C3) units.
- Received
- 16 November 2018
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Spitalfields and Banglatown
- Agent
- Clements & Porter Architects
- ReceivedReceived16 Nov
- ValidatedValidated16 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date11 Jan
- DecidedDecided11 Jan
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 71-73 Commercial Street, London. Tower Hamlets has handled 301 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Wentworth Street conservation area, with 8 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.
97% of amendment 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
- Cert. of Law. Existing Dev. (TCPA S191)
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 November 2018
- Target decision date
- 11 January 2019
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Clements & Porter Architects
- Architect profile
- CLEMENTS & PORTER LIMITED
- Agent address
- 63 Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3QQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202527 Jan
Removal of existing powder coated shop front/roller shutters and replacement with traditional timber shop…
ApprovedFull Planning PermissionPA/25/00111/NC - 202412 Feb
Display of 2x internally illuminated fascia signs
RefusedApplicationPA/24/00229/NC - 202412 Feb
Amalgamation and change of use from Class E to Class E / Sui Generis 'Restaurant/Takeaway' togeth...
RefusedApplicationPA/24/00221/NC
Source: Tower Hamlets
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