Housing units given planning permission by the council

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Dear Tower Hamlets Borough Council,

Please tell me the gross number of residential units for which the council has approved planning permission, over the last three financial years up to 2017-2018.

Please could you tell me the gross number of residential units for which the council has given planning permission for the last three financial years up to 2017-2018 which must be provided at the council’s definition of affordable rent once built?

Please could you tell me the gross number of residential units for which the council has given planning permission to each year, for the last three financial years up to 2017-2018, and which must be provided at the council’s definition of social rent once built?

When answering the three above questions, please could you tell me how many of these units have been built and are habitable. Could you also note how many of these units per year were included in planning applications that were submitted by the council.

Please could you provide me with a statement that clarifies the council’s definitions of “affordable rent” and “social rent”.

Please could you tell me the gross number of residential units in the borough that have been demolished each year, for the last three financial years up to 2017-2018.

Yours faithfully,

Owen Sheppard

London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Tower Hamlets Borough Council

Information request
Our reference: 11961565

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Dear Mr Sheppard
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000
 
Thank you for your request for information that was received on 27 April
2018  requesting:

Please tell me the gross number of residential units for which the council
has approved planning permission, over the last three financial years up
to 2017-2018.

Please could you tell me the gross number of residential units for which
the council has given planning permission for the last three financial
years up to 2017-2018 which must be provided at the council's definition
of affordable rent once built?

Please could you tell me the gross number of residential units for which
the council has given planning permission to each year, for the last three
financial years up to 2017-2018, and which must be provided at the
council's definition of social rent once built?

When answering the three above questions, please could you tell me how
many of these units have been built and are habitable. Could you also note
how many of these units per year were included in planning applications
that were submitted by the council.

Please could you provide me with a statement that clarifies the council's
definitions of 'affordable rent' and 'social rent'.

Please could you tell me the gross number of residential units in the
borough that have been demolished each year, for the last three financial
years up to 2017-2018.
 
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Yours sincerely
 
 
Jane Jones
Admin Officer
Legal Services
020 7364 4736
[email address]
 
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London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Tower Hamlets Borough Council

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Information request
Our reference: 11961565

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Dear Mr Sheppard
 
Your request for information has been considered under the requirements of
the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 
 
Please find attached our response to your request.

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Yours sincerely
 
 
Jane Jones
Admin Officer
Legal Services
020 7364 4736
[email address]
 
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