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Swain House, 8-15 Aylesbury Street, London, EC1R 0DR

P2014/3814/S73Removal/Variation of Condition (Section 73)Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 4 May 2016

Council decision: Approve with conditions and legal agreementDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Section 73 Application for minor material amendment of condition 2 (Approved Plans) of Full Planning application reference P110274 dated 05 February 2014 for proposed demolition of existing three storey building and erection of seven storey building for B1 office use on floors 1-6 and flexible A1/A2/A3 use on ground floor with associated works. The amendments are: realignment of frontage including reposition of entrances; enlargement of ground floor area; alterations to east elevation including removal of first floor set back; removal of circular stairs from north elevation; additional plant on floors 3, 4 and 5 and to roof. ADDITIONAL PLANS RECEIVED; Alterations to wording of condition 14 to enable the ground floor to accommodate a B1a (office) use in addition to the consented flexible A1/A2/A3 uses.

Received
16 September 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Clerkenwell
  1. Received16 Sep
  2. Validated6 Nov
  3. Consult.21 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 May

Decided in 545 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Swain House, 8-15 Aylesbury Street, London, EC1R 0DR. Islington has handled 867 applications of this type. This one was decided in 596 days, 77 weeks longer than Islington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 16 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.

98% of conditions 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 0DR
Application type
Removal/Variation of Condition (Section 73)
Development type
Not Used
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 November 2014
Consultation expiry
21 October 2015
Consultation end
21 October 2015
Last date for comments
21 October 2015
Permission expires
4 May 2019

Publicity

First advertised
30 September 2015

Additional information

Documents
36

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

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