2023/1522
Unit F, ANTON STUDIOS, 2 - 8 Anton Street, Hackney, London, E8 2AD
Change of use of two commercial units on the ground floor from Use Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) to Use Class C3 to create 2x self-contained units; installation of cycle storage units; associated landscaping works
The proposal would result in an unacceptable and unjustified loss of employment floorspace in the Anton Street Priority Industrial Area, thereby failing to ensure the retention of an adequate stock of industrial floorspace to support Hackney's diverse, adaptable, and more sustainable economy. As such, the proposal is considered unacceptable in principle and fails to comply with policies LP26 (Employment Land and Floorspace), LP28 (Protecting and Promoting Industrial Land and Floorspace in the Borough) of the Hackney Local Plan LP33 (2020), and policy E7 (Industrial intensification, co-location, and substitution) the London Plan (2021).
The proposed development, by reason of its lack of affordable housing contribution, fails to meet the borough's demand for affordable housing and therefore fails to comply with policy LP13 of the Hackney Local Plan LP33 (2020) and the Planning Contributions SPD (2020).