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Clerkenwell Magistrates Court, 78, King's Cross Road, Islington, London, WC1X 9QG

P042146Full Planning ApplicationWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 16 December 2004

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use to hotel (use Class C1) providing 244 beds in 107 bedrooms, including partial demolition and rebuilding of part of the site and the repair and alteration of part of the existing building (Listed Building Consent application ref: P042147 also submitted). (PLEASE NOTE: Structural Engineers Outline Feasibility Report received).

Received
25 August 2004
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Clerkenwell
  1. Received25 Aug
  2. Validated25 Aug
  3. Consult.1 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Dec

Decided in 113 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Clerkenwell Magistrates Court, 78, King's Cross Road, Islington, London, WC1X 9QG. Islington has handled 1,802 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 113 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in a conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Clerkenwell. We hold 1,230 applications in total for the WC1X postcode area.

90% of full applications at London Borough of Islington were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WC1X 9QG
Application type
Full Planning Application
Development type
Not Used

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 August 2004
Consultation expiry
1 November 2004
Consultation end
1 November 2004
Last date for comments
2 November 2004
Permission expires
16 December 2009

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: New River
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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 2026-11-03. 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.

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

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

Associated applications

  1. 2004
    25 Aug

    Change of use to hotel (use Class C1) providing 244 beds in 107 bedrooms, including partial demolition and…

    This applicationWithdrawnListed building consentP042146
  2. 2004
    25 Aug

    Listed Building Consent application in connection with change of use of the site to hotel use. Demolition and…

    WithdrawnListed building consentFiled alongsideP042147

Source: Islington

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