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13 Bowling Green Lane, London EC1R 0BD

P2013/0759/COLCertificate of Lawfulness (Existing)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 21 May 2013

Council decision: Approve with no conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness Existing in connection with use as A3/A5

Received
13 March 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Clerkenwell
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated9 Apr
  3. Consult.26 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 May

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 13 Bowling Green Lane, London EC1R 0BD. Islington has handled 277 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Islington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Clerkenwell. We hold 716 applications in total for the EC1R postcode area.

88% of amendment 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
EC1R 0BD
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)
Development type
Not Used
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 April 2013
Last date for comments
26 March 2013
Permission expires
21 May 2016

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Clerkenwell Green
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Clerkenwell
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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

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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: Islington

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