54 Balfe Street, Islington, LONDON, N1 9EG
Approved on 19 August 2019
Council decision: Approve with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Full width rear extension at lower ground floor level; half width two storey rear extension on ground floor level; roof extension; and front infill extension in the lightwell area on the lower ground floor.
- Received
- 28 March 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Islington
- Ward
- Caledonian
- ReceivedReceived28 Mar
- ValidatedValidated5 Jun
- Consult.Consultation7 Jul
- TargetTarget Date31 Jul
- DecidedDecided19 Aug
Decided in 75 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at 54 Balfe Street, Islington, LONDON, N1 9EG. Islington has handled 1,802 applications of this type. This one was decided in 144 days, 13 weeks 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 61 applications across Caledonian. We hold 4,098 applications in total for the N1 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
- N1 9EG
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Development type
- Not Used
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 June 2019
- Consultation expiry
- 7 July 2019
- Consultation end
- 7 July 2019
- Last date for comments
- 7 July 2019
- Target decision date
- 31 July 2019
- Application expires
- 7 July 2019
- Permission expires
- 19 August 2022
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- First advertised
- 13 June 2019
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- 7646355
- UPRN
- 5300005492
- Documents
- 15
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Keystone Crescent
- 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.
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Source: Islington
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