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Bishopsgate Court, 4 Norton Folgate, London, E1 6DB

PA/18/03061/A1Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 19 July 2019

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed external and internal alterations to the existing building, including partial demolition works, facade replacement with retention of existing structural frame; extension of the existing building, including side extensions, part-one, part-two storey upward extensions to create a part-five, part-eight storey building incorporating 1,323 sq. m (GIA) of additional office space (Use Class B1) and increasing the height of the building to 44.77m AOD to roof; change of use of part of the ground floor and basement floors from data centre (Use Class Sui Generis) / office space (Use Class B1) to flexible retail (use Classes A1/A3) (597 sq.m) and gym (Use Class D2) (534 sq.m); provision of new external roof terraces at levels 5, 7 and 8; external landscaping works and creation of outdoor seating space in the rear courtyard; cycle parking; installation of plant; and other ancillary works

Received
29 October 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Spitalfields and Banglatown
  1. Received29 Oct
  2. Validated29 Oct
  3. Consult.5 Dec
  4. Target28 Jan
  5. Decided19 Jul

Decided in 263 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Bishopsgate Court, 4 Norton Folgate, London, E1 6DB. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 263 days, 30 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the Elder Street conservation area, with 10 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 6DB
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 October 2018
Consultation expiry
5 December 2018
Consultation end
5 December 2018
Neighbour consultation start
14 November 2018
Target decision date
28 January 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
DP9
Agent address
DP9 Ltd, 100 Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5NQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 November 2018
Site notice start
22 November 2018

Additional information

Documents
91

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, 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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