Dalston Lane Terrace Planning and Design Guidance
The Council has prepared Planning and Design Guidance on the Dalston Lane Terrace which was formally adopted by the Council's Cabinet on the 23 November 2009.
The new Guidance provides clear up-to-date, consistent and relevant guidance, in line with government advice and best practice. It will help in providing applicants with a clearer understanding of the Council’s requirements, with the aim of improving the quality of any planning applications and the consistency and speed of decisions, whilst protecting both conservation and townscape qualities. The new Guidance is also part of a wider programme to regenerate the Dalston Town Centre.
The document is available to download:
Dalston Lane Terrace Planning and Design Guidance.
Consultation
A six week consultation period ran between Wednesday 27 May and Thursday 9 July 2009. The Council reviewed the public's comments on the Guidance during this period, including some submissions which arrived after this date. The adopted guidance was amended to reflect public comments.
A copy of the consultation report can be found here: Consultation Report.
The Guidance sets out potential planning and design policies for the terrace, and is a strategy for guiding development and giving confidence for future developers.
The guidance looks at:
- Repairing the original late Victorian shops;
- Refurbishing the three buildings at numbers 48-52 Dalston Lane. Keeping where possible the original stuccoed front, window surrounds and cornice. If not, they are to be replaced using historically correct detailing and materials;
- Retaining the gaps between the original buildings at numbers 48-52 Dalston Lane;
- Keeping the original, early 19th century houses, numbers 54-66 Dalston Lane, as two bedroom maisonettes with shops on the ground floor;
- Repairing numbers 66a to 84 Dalston Lane or, if the buildings are too badly damaged to salvage, rebuilding using historically correct detailing and materials; and
- Permitting appropriately designed and constructed 4th floor extensions.
Next Steps
The Strategic Delivery Team is working with the existing landowners to implement a programme of conservation lead regeneration. Where necessary there will be additional consultation on the programme.
Get in touch
If you would like to speak to the project officer about any aspects of the Planning and Design Guidance please telephone 020 8356 8150 or email Anthony.Franklin@Hackney.gov.uk.
Page updated: 22 Dec 2009