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165 Bow Road, London, E3 2SG

PA/23/00995/NCFull Planning PermissionRefused
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Refused on 4 September 2023

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Change of use from sui generis (dry cleaning) to E(b) (coffee shop)

Received
17 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bow East
  1. Received17 May
  2. Validated17 May
  3. Consult.29 Jun
  4. Target12 Jul
  5. Decided4 Sep

Decided in 110 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 165 Bow Road, London, E3 2SG. Tower Hamlets has handled 1,261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 110 days, 8 weeks longer than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the Fairfield Road conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 155 applications across Bow East. We hold 1,078 applications in total for the E3 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
E3 2SG
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 May 2023
Consultation expiry
29 June 2023
Consultation end
29 June 2023
Neighbour consultation start
25 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end
29 June 2023
Target decision date
12 July 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 June 2023
Advertisement expiry
29 June 2023
Site notice start
8 June 2023
Site notice end
29 June 2023

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Fairfield Road
  • Listed building: Grade II: 163, Bow Road E3On or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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Source: Tower Hamlets

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