WEYMOUTH COURT Weymouth Terrace, Hackney, London, E2 8LT Data via plota.co.uk

2025/1205 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Demolition of 14 existing lock-up garages and a store room; and construction of a new 5-storey 18 unit residential block (C3 use class) with associated amenity space, cycle parking, refuse stores, hard and soft landscaping,new external stairs and entrance to a neighbouring block and on-street Blue Badge parking. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 3 Oct 2026, 08:19

Application progress

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Received

22 May 2025

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Validated

20 Jun 2025

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Committee

4 Feb 2026

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Approved

7 Sept 2026

Approved on 7 Sept 2026 · Planning Sub-Committee · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Hackney Planning Sub-Committee on 4 Feb 2026.

Approved

Officers recommended approval because the benefits, including 18 social-rent homes, outweighed the identified harm.
One objection questioned the daylight and sunlight assessment, while consultees generally raised no objection subject to conditions.
Members voted unanimously to grant permission subject to conditions and a legal agreement.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site context, officer assessment, consultation responses, speakers, committee debate, vote and decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Hackney's committee minutes of 4 Feb 2026.

Documents 76

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DN-Full Planning Granted Final Decision Notice · 7 Sept 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 24

Plans & drawings 41

Application forms 1

PDF planning/uploads/96468131760525007:: ::Weymouth Court Garages Application Form PP 13919561 Application Form · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗

Site constraints 6

Archaeological priority area

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 ↗

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: School House at Haggerston Girls' School, Grade II, about 48 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Show all 2 with distances

48 mSchool House at Haggerston Girls' SchoolGrade II
112 mHaggerston Girls' SchoolGrade II

Historic England ↗

Opportunity area

Where the London Plan expects significant growth.

Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.

Also on the record

Conservation area about 32 m away: Hackney Road; Inside the Hackney built-up area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 18 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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.

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Important details

Council: Hackney
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Postcode: E2 8LT
Received: 22 May 2025
Validated: 20 Jun 2025
Ward: Haggerston Ward
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 11 Sept 2026
Decision: Granted - Extra Conditions
Decision date: 7 Sept 2026
Decision level: Planning Sub-Committee
Applicant: Show
Agent: HTA Design

How this decision compares

Decided in 444 days from validation, 365 days slower than Hackney's median of 79 for demolitions. Approved, as 81% of demolitions here are.

This one444d

Council79d

UK56d

36%decided within 8 weeks

81%approved

7%go to committee

Plota live figures for demolitions decided by Hackney in the last twelve months, from validation. Hackney decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 11 Sept 2026

Historical activity at this location

12 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

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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

WEYMOUTH COURT Weymouth Terrace, Hackney, London, E2 8LT Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Planning committee

Documents 76

Decision & officer reports 1

Statements & assessments 24

Plans & drawings 41

Application forms 1

Other documents 9

Site constraints 6

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Consultation & key dates

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