Site at Tower Vaults, 8-12 Tower Hill Terrace, London

PA/20/00171/NCListed Building Consent (S8 P&LBC 1990)Approved

Listed building consent

Approved on 1 May 2020

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use from ground and -1 basement (A3 use) and -2 basement (sui generis use) to dual/flexible A3/Sui Generis use on ground and -1 basement and Sui Generis on -2 basement, to enable occupation as a restaurant/cafe and/or visitor experience. Amendments to the listed building, new plant within existing plant room and associated works.

Received: 27 January 2020
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Ward: St Katharines and Wapping

ReceivedReceived27 Jan
ValidatedValidated27 Jan
Consult.Consultation11 Mar
TargetTarget Date23 Mar
DecidedDecided1 May

Decided in 95 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at Site at Tower Vaults, 8-12 Tower Hill Terrace, London. Tower Hamlets has handled 311 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 6 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the The Tower conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 125 applications across St Katharines and Wapping.

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

Application type: Listed Building Consent (S8 P&LBC 1990)
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 January 2020
Consultation expiry: 11 March 2020
Consultation end: 11 March 2020
Neighbour consultation end: 11 March 2020
Target decision date: 23 March 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent: RPS
Agent address: 20, Farringdon Street, London, EC4A 4AB

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 6 February 2020
Advertisement expiry: 11 March 2020
Site notice start: 19 February 2020
Site notice end: 11 March 2020

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: The Tower
Listed building: Grade II: Wine Cellars at Premises of Messers Asher StoreyOn this site · +1 more
Scheduled monument: Tower Hill WestPart of the site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, 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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2020
27 Jan
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Source: Tower Hamlets

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