The Bell Foundry, 32-34 Whitechapel Road, 2 Fieldgate Street and land to the rear, London, E1 1EW

PA/19/00009/NCListed Building Consent (S8 P&LBC 1990)Approved

Listed building consent

Approved on 13 May 2021

Council decision: PermitPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Part retention of B2 land use (foundry) and internal alterations and refurbishment of listed building to provide new workshops/workspaces (B1 land use) and cafe (A3 land use) at ground floor. External alterations to listed building to raise roof of hayloft building and create new link building. Demolition of unlisted 1980s building and wall to the rear. Erection of building along Plumbers Row and Fieldgate Street with hotel (C1 use) with ancillary members and guest uses in part 5, 6 and 7 storeys with x2 levels of basement, with restaurant/bar (A3/4 uses) at ground and mezzanine level and additional workspace (B1 use) on ground and first floors. Roof plant, pool, photovoltaics, waste storage, cycle parking, public realm improvements and associated works.

Received: 2 January 2019
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 1
Council: London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Ward: Whitechapel
Agent: The Planning Lab

ReceivedReceived2 Jan
ValidatedValidated2 Jan
Consult.Consultation17 Jun
TargetTarget Date3 Apr
DecidedDecided13 May

Decided in 862 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at The Bell Foundry, 32-34 Whitechapel Road, 2 Fieldgate Street and land to the rear, London, E1 1EW. Tower Hamlets has handled 311 applications of this type. The site is in the Whitechapel High Street conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 134 applications across Whitechapel. We hold 2,489 applications in total for the E1 postcode area.

91% of heritage 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 1EW
Application type: Listed Building Consent (S8 P&LBC 1990)
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 January 2019
Consultation expiry: 17 June 2019
Consultation end: 17 June 2019
Neighbour consultation start: 24 May 2019
Target decision date: 3 April 2019
Committee meeting: 14 November 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent: The Planning Lab
Agent address: Somerset House, South Wing, London, WC2R 1LA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 6 June 2019
Site notice start: 28 May 2019

Appeal history

3245432

Allowed

Type: Called In Planning ApplicationProcedure: InquiryDecision: 20 January 2021Dev Type: Not Applicable

Additional information

Documents: 41

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Whitechapel High Street
Heritage at Risk Register: Whitechapel High Street, Aldgate
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

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Tower Hamlets

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