The Glass House, 4 A Wharton Street, Islington, London, WC1X 9PX
Proposal
Approval of Details in pursuant to conditions 3 (Screening measures), 4 (detailed design), and 5 and 6 (Samples of materials) of planning permission reference P2017/1756/S73, for 'Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission P2014/1465/FUL dated 28 August 2014, amendments sought include external alterations to the northern, southern, eastern and western elevations and roof level fenestration patterns, and installation of plant equipment on the north side of the roof and installation of solar PV panels on roof level' dated: 15/02/2018.
- Received
- 31 May 2019
- Decided
- 31 July 2019 · Approve with no conditions
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Islington
- Ward
- Clerkenwell
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- ReceivedSubmitted31 May
- ValidatedValidated19 Jun
- Consult.Consultation26 Jul
- TargetTarget Date14 Aug
- DecidedDecided31 Jul
Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)
This is an application to vary a condition at The Glass House, 4 A Wharton Street, Islington, London, WC1X 9PX. Islington has handled 853 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 80 days. This one was decided in 61 days, 3 weeks quicker than Islington's median. The site is in a conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 145 applications across Clerkenwell. We hold 1,225 applications in total for the WC1X postcode area.
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Associated applications
- 20194 Jun
Erection of free standing timber and glazed canopy structure over pathway leading from street to rear…
WithdrawnListed building consentFiled alongsideP2019/1699/FUL - 201931 May
Approval of Details in pursuant to conditions 3 (Screening measures), 4 (detailed design), and 5 and 6…
This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditionsP2019/1657/AOD
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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.
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