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Basement, Ground and First Floors, 18-30 Clerkenwell Road, London, EC1M 5PG

P2021/0918/COLPCertificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 14 June 2021

Council decision: Refusal of permissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for change of use from retail showroom (Use Class E) to any Class E use (a to g) or any mixture of Class E uses, including retail; restaurant; financial and professional services; a facility for indoor sport, recreation or fitness; a medical or health facility, children’s nursery; or as offices.

Received
24 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.24 Mar
  4. Target19 May
  5. Decided14 Jun

Decided in 82 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Basement, Ground and First Floors, 18-30 Clerkenwell Road, London, EC1M 5PG. Islington has handled 155 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 4 weeks longer than Islington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 301 applications in total for the EC1M postcode area.

77% of outline 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
EC1M 5PG
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)
Development type
Not Required
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2021
Last date for comments
24 March 2021
Target decision date
19 May 2021
Application expires
24 March 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
9579828
UPRN
5300021056
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Hat and Feathers
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Hat and Feathers
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Islington

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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