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Site Bounded by Chrsitopher Street, Earl Street, Wilson Street &, Clifton Street, EC2A

P2021/0296/OBSObservations to Adjoining BoroughApproved

Approved on 24 February 2021

Council decision: Observations to adjoining borough - commentsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of the existing buildings, excluding the front façade of 1 Earl Street, and redevelopment of the site with a mixed use development ranging in height from 4-20 stories above ground level, and 3 basement floors, comprising 66,276sqm of office (Class E), flexible retail,café/restaurant space (Class E), ancillary space, back of house areas, cycle storage, plant, landscaping and all associated works. http://www.hackney.gov.uk/planning

Received
2 February 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.2 Feb
  4. Target23 Feb
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 22 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Site Bounded by Chrsitopher Street, Earl Street, Wilson Street & , Clifton Street, EC2A. Islington has handled 8,873 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 5 weeks quicker than Islington's typical decision time. The site is in the Finsbury Circus conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

Application details

Application type
Observations to Adjoining Borough
Development type
Not Required
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2021
Last date for comments
2 February 2021
Target decision date
23 February 2021
Application expires
2 February 2021
Permission expires
24 February 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

UPRN
10008979848
Documents
2

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 (17)

flood storage areas, green belt, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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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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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Source: Islington

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