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31 Angel Gate, London, EC1V 2PT

P2023/0367/PRAPrior Approval (Class E To Residential)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 27 March 2023

Council decision: Prior approval required - approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification of Prior Approval for the change of use of vacant office space to provide six dwellinghouses.

Received
2 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Peter's & Canalside
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.5 Mar
  4. Target29 Mar
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 31 Angel Gate, London, EC1V 2PT. Islington has handled 155 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Islington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 152 applications across St Peter's & Canalside. We hold 1,024 applications in total for the EC1V 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
EC1V 2PT
Application type
Prior Approval (Class E To Residential)
Development type
Car Free Development, Category 3 Wheelchair Housing
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2023
Consultation expiry
5 March 2023
Consultation end
5 March 2023
Last date for comments
12 March 2023
Target decision date
29 March 2023
Application expires
12 March 2023
Permission expires
27 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
16 February 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
11895175
UPRN
5300002248
Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Duncan Terrace/Colebrooke RowPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: 326, City RoadOn this site
  • 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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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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

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