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Black Opium Coffee Shop, 362 - 364 Old Street, Hackney, London, EC1V 9LT

2020/3861Certificate of Lawful Development Existing/ProposedRefused
Lawful development certificate

Proposal

To determine continued implementation of 2017/0417 would be lawful

Received
3 December 2020
Decided
11 February 2021 · Refuse
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hoxton East and Shoreditch Ward
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated17 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Hackney89% of amendment applications approved

This is an application to amend a permission at Black Opium Coffee Shop, 362 - 364 Old Street, Hackney, London, EC1V 9LT. Hackney has handled 679 applications of this type and approves 87% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Hackney's median. The site is in the South Shoreditch conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 161 applications across Hoxton East and Shoreditch Ward. We hold 1,012 applications in total for the EC1V postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
2020/3861
Address
Black Opium Coffee Shop, 362 - 364 Old Street, Hackney, London, EC1V 9LT
Postcode
EC1V 9LT
Local Authority
Hackney
Application Type
Certificate of Lawful Development Existing/Proposed
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Rejected
Current Status
Final Decision
Ward
Hoxton East and Shoreditch Ward

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
3 December 2020
Date Decided
11 February 2021
Date Validated
17 December 2020
Date Submitted
3 December 2020
Application Expires
11 February 2021

Planning Decision

Decision
Refuse
Decided By
Delegated
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
9
Coordinates
51.527080, -0.079703
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Hackney

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: South Shoreditch
  • Article 4 direction: A4D Non-residential to residential+2 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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