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

PA/23/01958/NCVariation / Removal Condition (TCPA S73)Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 15 December 2023

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application under Section 19 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. Variation of Conditions 9 (Method Statements of Structural Work) and 11 (Materials) of Listed Building Consent ref PA/19/00009, dated 13/05/2021. The Variation seeks to amend the wording of the conditions to allow for discharge prior to the commencement of specific areas of work. The previously consented scheme granted permission for: '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
20 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whitechapel
Agent
The Planning Lab
  1. Received20 Oct
  2. Validated20 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Dec
  5. Decided15 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at The Bell Foundry, 32-34 Whitechapel Road, 2 Fieldgate Street and land to the rear, London, E1 1EW. Tower Hamlets has handled 929 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Whitechapel High Street conservation area, with 2 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.

96% of conditions 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
Variation / Removal Condition (TCPA S73)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 October 2023
Consultation expiry
9 November 2023
Target decision date
15 December 2023

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 November 2023
Site notice start
20 November 2023

Appeal

Appeal reference
Not specified

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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