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

2026/1958Removal/Variation of Condition(s)Pending Decision

Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Variation of Condition 2 (operating hours) of planning permission ref. 2012/1273, dated 31 January 2013. The proposed variation seeks to amend the permitted operating hours to allow the business to operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Received: 10 September 2026
Council: London Borough of Hackney
Ward: Hoxton East and Shoreditch Ward

Approximate site (title boundary)

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ReceivedSubmitted10 Sep
ValidatedValidated
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TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

8 weeks typical decision time in Hackney86% of applications approved

This is a planning application at Black Opium Coffee Shop, 362 - 364 Old Street, Hackney, London, EC1V 9LT. Hackney has handled 14 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them. It was submitted on 10 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the South Shoreditch conservation area, with 8 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

2026/1958

Address

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

Postcode

EC1V 9LT

Local Authority

Hackney

Application Type

Removal/Variation of Condition(s)

Decision Status

Undecided

Ward

Hoxton East and Shoreditch Ward

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Submitted

10 September 2026

Planning Decision

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates

51.526980, -0.080200

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Hackney

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Planning history at this site

4 other applications at this property, newest first.

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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