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Allowed1 December 20233320336

Mulberry Place Town Hall, 5 Clove Crescent, Lighterman House, 3 Clove Crescent, London, E14 2BG

Planning appeal 3320336 at Mulberry Place Town Hall, 5 Clove Crescent, Lighterman House, 3 Clove Crescent, London, E14 2BG (London Borough of Tower Hamlets) was allowed on 1 December 2023 by Inspector Parker C, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on heritage assets and on the location more generally.

Hybrid application: detailed application for residential build to rent homes (C3), student accommodation (sui generis), flexible commercial floorspace (E), alterations to listed dock wall and dock gardens, access, streets, landscaping, parking and servicing; and outline application (all matters reserved) for a data centre (B8), flexible creative workspace (E(g)), community space and/or swimming pool (F2), and associated infrastructure

Authority
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Appeal type
other · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Unknown
Inspector
Parker C
Postcode
E14 2BG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposed development on heritage assets and on the location more generally
  • The overall planning balance

What decided it

The Inspector's finding that the proposal would cause no harm to heritage assets or townscape and would deliver very substantial benefits including affordable housing, PBSA, Build to Rent and a data centre, meaning it accorded with the development plan as a whole.

the very substantial benefits of affordable housing, data centre provision, Build to Rent and PBSA, together with other moderate to substantial benefits, weighed decisively in favour of the proposal, with no harm found to weigh against it

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy S.DH1Policy S.DH3Policy D.DH6Policy D.H2Policy S.H1Policy D1Policy D4Policy D9Policy HC1Policy GG2Policy H10Policy G5Policy D.ES3Policy D11Policy D.DH2Policy D12
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 57Paragraph 60Paragraph 126Paragraph 130

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