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86, Church Lane, East Finchley, N2 0TE

25/3095/PNEPrior Approval: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3)Approved

Approved on 16 September 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from commercial (Class E) to 1no. self-contained flat (Class C3). Associated refuse/recycling and cycle storage

Submitted
29 July 2025
  1. Received29 Jul
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Sep

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 86, Church Lane, East Finchley, N2 0TE. Barnet has handled 24 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Barnet's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across EF22. We hold 919 applications in total for the N2 postcode area.

62% of prior approval: change of use from commercial, business and service (use class e) to dwellinghouses (use class c3) applications at London Borough of Barnet were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
N2 0TE
Application type
Prior Approval: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3)

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Small Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Area 1
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Barnet

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