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Black Lion House, 45 Whitechapel Road, London

PA/19/00138/NCNon-material amendment (TCPA S96a)Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 29 March 2019

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for non-material amendment to planning permission ref: PA/18/00947, Dated 19/09/2018Non-Material Amendment Sought:Alterations to the rear yard layout to swap the locations of the SME building and bike store; Specification of the material applied to ancillary buildings; Omission of the corner brick detail; Utilising a 290mm corium brick style; Minor alterations to the basement floor layout; and Specification of the material and detail of window reveals, omitting solar shading to windows.

Received
24 January 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Spitalfields and Banglatown
  1. Received24 Jan
  2. Validated24 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Feb
  5. Decided29 Mar

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Black Lion House, 45 Whitechapel Road, London. Tower Hamlets has handled 301 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in 4 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.

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
Non-material amendment (TCPA S96a)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 January 2019
Target decision date
21 February 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
GL Hearn
Agent address
65 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7NQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Whitechapel High StreetPart of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Whitechapel 3Part of the site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Whitechapel High Street, AldgatePart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2018
    30 Oct

    Submission of Details Pursuant to Condition No.5 (Security Measures), of Planning Permission Ref: PA/18/00947

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/18/03078/S
  2. 2018
    26 Oct

    Application for non-material amendment to planning permission ref: PA/18/00947

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentPA/18/03031/NC
  3. 2018
    25 Oct

    Submission of Details Pursuant to Condition No.19 (Plant Equipment) of Planning Permission Ref: PA/18/00947

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/18/03029/S
  4. 2018
    24 Oct

    Submission of Details Pursuant to Condition No.4a (BREEAM Bespoke pre-assessment) of Planning Permission Ref…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/18/03010/S
  5. 2018
    24 Oct

    Submission of details pursuant to condition No.10 (ASHP) of Planning Permission Ref: PA/13/02162

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/18/03004/S
  6. 2018
    24 Oct

    Submission of Details Pursuant to Condition No.3 (Construction Management Plan) of Planning Permission Ref…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPA/18/03006/S

Source: Tower Hamlets

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