The Magistrates, 1 Farnan Avenue, Walthamstow, London, E17 4NX

251660Non-Material AmendmentApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 1 December 2025

Council decision: Approved (With Informatives)

Proposal

Non-Material Amendment to planning permission reference 210776 granted 22/12/2021 to enable addition of ground floor entrance (north elevation) to enable better subdivision of uses by floor; provision of resized tank room on ground floor to address technical need; removal of atrium and stairs on first and second floors to assist subdivision/ security of space by floor; amendments to roof top enclosure with part of created space to be enclosed with a roof in response to technical service requirements; provision of rooftop screen door; revised approach to roof lights and associated small-scale internal adjustments, including a total of 10no. meeting rooms. This will assist with subdivision and letting of the space to be created whilst enabling the the layout to address fully technical services issues.

Received: 4 July 2025
Council: London Borough of Waltham Forest
Ward: Chapel End

ReceivedReceived4 Jul
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided1 Dec

Decided in 150 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Magistrates, 1 Farnan Avenue, Walthamstow, London, E17 4NX. Waltham Forest has handled 88 applications of this type. This one was decided in 150 days, 13 weeks longer than Waltham Forest's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 107 applications across Chapel End. We hold 2,000 applications in total for the E17 postcode area.

69% of amendment applications at London Borough of Waltham Forest were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: E17 4NX
Application type: Non-Material Amendment

Planning application dates

Validated: 4 July 2025

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Article 4 direction: Other Article 4 Direction Area
Brownfield land register: Town Hall CampusRegister site at or near this address
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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 and heritage coasts.

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Waltham Forest

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