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Car Park Rear of 189, Whitechapel Road, London

PA/19/00154/NCCert. of Law. Existing Dev. (TCPA S191)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 2 April 2019

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for certificate of lawfulness in respect of existing use as a privately operated commercial car parking for members of the public

Received
18 January 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Spitalfields and Banglatown
Agent
Foskett Marr Gadsby & Head LLP
  1. Received18 Jan
  2. Validated18 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Mar
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Car Park Rear of 189, Whitechapel Road, London. Tower Hamlets has handled 301 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitechapel Market conservation area, with 4 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
18 January 2019
Target decision date
15 March 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Foskett Marr Gadsby & Head LLP
Agent address
181 High Street, Epping, Essex, CM16 4BQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Whitechapel Market
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, Heritage at Risk entries, 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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