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8 & 9 Sekforde Street, London, EC1R 0HD

P2020/2609/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 23 November 2020

Council decision: Refusal of permissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of the basement to a serviced apartment (Use Class C1) and associated works including removal of existing modern access stair and reinstatement of an external access stair to the front light-well and opening up existing cast iron gate within the railings to obtain access. The creation of new openings and infilling of existing openings internally, installation of new partitions, and replacement fireplace and associated works.(Listed building consent also submitted ref:P2020/2648)

Received
28 September 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Clerkenwell
  1. Received28 Sep
  2. Validated28 Sep
  3. Consult.8 Nov
  4. Target23 Nov
  5. Decided23 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 8 & 9 Sekforde Street, London, EC1R 0HD. Islington has handled 1,802 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

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
EC1R 0HD
Application type
Full Planning Application
Development type
Not Required
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 September 2020
Consultation expiry
8 November 2020
Consultation end
8 November 2020
Last date for comments
8 November 2020
Target decision date
23 November 2020
Application expires
8 November 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

First advertised
15 October 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
9033466
UPRN
5300081559
Documents
19

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.

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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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2020
    28 Sep

    Conversion of the basement to a serviced apartment (Use Class C1) and associated works including removal of…

    This applicationRefusedListed building consentP2020/2609/FUL
  2. 2020
    28 Sep

    Conversion of the basement to a serviced apartment (Use Class C1) and associated works including removal of…

    RefusedListed building consentFiled alongsideP2020/2648/LBC

Source: Islington

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