Hackney Council

Permitted Development (FOI-5201)

Message from Hackney Council

20 January 2020

Dear ***** *****

Re: Freedom of Information Request.

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, received 10 January 2020. Your request has been considered and our response is in bold below.

You requested the following:

1. The number of applications the council/authority has received for developments under permitted development rights for a change of use of premises from a B1(a) office use to C3 residential use in each of the following years: (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017, (iv) 2018, (v) 2019.

2. Of the applications the council/authority received to change of use of premises from a B1(a) office use to C3 residential use, what number were approved in each of the following years: (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017, (iv) 2018, (v) 2019?

3. Of the applications the council / authority received to change of use of premises from a B1(a) office use to C3 residential use, what number were rejected in each of the following years: (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017, (iv) 2018, (v) 2019?

4. The breakdown of the reasons permission was rejected on the grounds of (i) flooding, (ii) contamination, (iii) highways and transport issues (iv) impacts of noise from commercial premises on the intended occupiers of the development.

The Council’s Response

The information you have requested is exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act.

Section 21 (2a) states that information which is reasonably accessible to the applicant (even if it is accessible only on payment) is exempt. This is an absolute exemption.

In this instance, the information is available on the Councils Website below:

http://planning.hackney.gov.uk/Northgate/PlanningExplorer/generalsearch.aspx

You can search using application type, development description (proposal keyword field), and date range.

Q2 & 3 - The information is available on the Councils Website below:

http://planning.hackney.gov.uk/Northgate/PlanningExplorer/generalsearch.aspx

You can search using, development description (proposal keyword field), and date range, then click on application reference number to see the decision outcome.

The information is available on the Councils Website below:

http://planning.hackney.gov.uk/Northgate/PlanningExplorer/generalsearch.aspx

Click on application reference number > then applications documents > then again click on the application reference number to open the “Officers Report”

In addition to the above, the Council information can be found in the monitoring produced annually. This report provides information on key trends in the borough.

These annual reports are available on the Councils Website below:

https://hackney.gov.uk/local-plan

Appeals & Complaints Procedure

If you are dissatisfied with this response and wish to appeal, please write to the Information Management Team and this will be dealt with through our Internal Review procedure.

Information Management Team - Governance

London Borough of Hackney

Hackney Service Centre

1 Hillman Street

London E8 1DY

[email protected]

Your request for an internal review should be submitted to us within 40 working days of receipt by you of this response. Any such request received after this time will only be considered at the discretion of the Council.

If you are still not satisfied following the Internal Review, you have a right to appeal to the Information Commissioner at the contact details provided below.

Information Commissioner"s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Telephone: 01625 545 700

www.ico.org.uk

Yours sincerely

Information Management Team

ICT Services
London Borough of Hackney

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