70 Portland Avenue, Hackney, London, N16 6EA Data via plota.co.uk

2025/1854 - Full Planning Permission Approved
Commercial & major worksCommercial premises

Proposal

Erection of a single storey ground floor rear extension to existing office building Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
19 Aug 2025
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Approved
14 Oct 2025

Approved on 14 Oct 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 18 Oct 2026

Documents 14

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Officer Report Officer Report · 13 Oct 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 2

PDF Biodiversity metric calculation tool Other · 20 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Design and access statement Design and Access Statement · 20 Aug 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 7

PDF Baseline onsite habitat map/plan (Pre-development) Other · 20 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Block plan of the site Drawing · 20 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF proposed sections.pdf Drawing · 20 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF plans and elevs.pdf Drawing · 20 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF proposed elevations.pdf Drawing · 20 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF proposed plans .pdf Drawing · 20 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF LocationPlan.pdf Site Location Plan · 20 Aug 2025 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF Community Infrastructure Levy - Completed form Other · 20 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF ApplicationFormRedacted.pdf Application Form · 20 Aug 2025 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF DN-Full Planning Granted Final Document · 14 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF SiteLocation.geojson Document · 20 Aug 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Article 4 direction
Whole of the London Borough of Hackney. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Archaeological priority area: Hackney APA 2.8 Roman Road - Ermine Street (Kingsland Road)
An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.
The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.
Air quality management area: Hackney AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Opportunity area
Where the London Plan expects significant growth.
Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.
Also on the record
Inside the Hackney built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 4 (good), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 2 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £35,000 in October 2017. Other property, freehold.

23 October 2017£35,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Hackney
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
N16 6EA
Received
19 Aug 2025
Validated
19 Aug 2025
Ward
Springfield Ward
Case officer
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Target decision
14 Oct 2025
Decision
Grant
Decision date
14 Oct 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
peter currie architects
Freehold owner
Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 31 days faster than Hackney's median of 87 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 78% of commercial and major works here are.

18%decided within 8 weeks
78%approved
8%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Hackney in the last twelve months, from validation. Hackney decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
14 Oct 2025

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
64 Portland Avenue, Hackney, London, N16 6EA
Erection of a single storey ground floor rear extension measuring 6m deep, eaves height o…
2025/2866
2025 Refused
68 Portland Avenue, Hackney, London, N16 6EA
Construction of a new basement level and associated light wells and daylight shafts.
2025/2647
2025 Approved
23 Portland Avenue, Hackney, London, N16 6HD
Erection of a pitched roof extension to the existing synagogue to provide a Women's Galle…
2025/1498
2025 Approved
43 Portland Avenue, Hackney, London, N16 6HD
Erection of a rear roof extension and rooflight
2025/0321
2025 Approved
43 Portland Avenue, Hackney, London, N16 6HD
Erection of a single storey ground floor flat roof rear extension measuring 6m deep from…
2025/0346
2025 Approved
43 Portland Avenue, Hackney, London, N16 6HD
Erection of a single storey ground floor rear infill extension and sukkah roof.
2025/0317
2023
68 Portland Avenue, Hackney, London, N16 6EA
Erection of hipped-to-gable roof and front and rear dormer extensions
2023/1142
2022 Approved
Flat A, 27 Portland Avenue, Hackney, London, N16 6HD
Erection of roof extension and installation of front rooflights
2022/0468
2020 Approved
38 Portland Avenue, Hackney, London, N16 6EA
Loft extension comprising a rear dormer and outrigger with two side windows and two roofl…
2020/3142
2020 Approved
Ground And First Floor Front, 33 Portland Avenue, Hackney, London, N16 6HD
Joint application for the erection of single storey ground floor wrap around extension.
2020/3614
2020 Refused
36 Leweston Place London N16 6RH
Excavation of rear garden to form basement and formation of rear lightwell. And erection…
2020/2155
2020 Approved
42 Leweston Place London N16 6RH
Erection of 2 storey (plus basement) house (following demolition of existing 1.5 storey d…
2020/1548
2019 Approved
35 Leweston Place, Hackney, London, N16 6RJ
Erection of a rear extension and internal changes to create two self contained flats (1 x…
2019/4112
2019 Refused
35 Leweston Place, Hackney, London, N16 6RJ
The erection of a rear extension and conversion of property into two self-contained resid…
2019/1857
2018 Approved
126 Stamford Hill, Hackney, London, N16 6QT
Erection of a two-storey side extension to infill the gap between the two properties, ere…
2018/4153
2019 Approved
85 Darenth Road, Hackney, London, N16 6EB
Erection of a ground floor rear extension.
2019/0709
2018 Approved
87 - 89 Darenth Road, Hackney, London, N16 6EB
Enlargement of basements at both properties to full extent of gardens with front stairwel…
2018/4402
2018 Withdrawn
35 Leweston Place, London N16 6RJ
Conversion of existing dwelling into two self-contained flats (2 x 3-bed) (Retrospective).
2018/1035
2017 Approved
41 Portland Avenue, Hackney,
Excavation of front and rear lightwells and reconfiguration of site to provide 2No. self…
2017/1790
2017 Withdrawn
41 Portland Avenue Hackney LONDON N16 6HD
Retrospective excavation of property to form habitable basement floor and front lightwell.
2017/0471
2016 Withdrawn
42 Leweston Place, Hackney, London, N16 6RH
Erection of 3 storey (plus basement) side extension (following demolition of existing 1.5…
2016/1042
2016 Withdrawn
Island House, 47 - 51 Portland Avenue, Hackney, London, N16 6HD
Erection of a two storey roof extension to accommodate 6 new self contained residential u…
2016/0346
2025 Approved
43 Portland Avenue, Hackney, London, N16 6HD
Lawful Development Certificate for rear roof extension
2025/0300
2023 Approved
68 Portland Avenue, Hackney, London, N16 6EA
Proposed erection of rear roof extension.
2023/0539
2023 Refused
68 Portland Avenue, Hackney, London, N16 6EA
Proposed erection of a dormer roof extension.
2023/0002
Hackney
Planning Authority Score
2.4/10
Poor
#256 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Hackney is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #220 out of 296. Hackney is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 84% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 84% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Hackney decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
82%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #248 of 296
84%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #257 of 296
53%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #220 of 296
46%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #201 of 296
75%
Minor dwellings approved
204 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
4 decided (10+ homes)
50%
Change of use approved
2 decided
1,323
Total decisions
241 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.