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Scriptor Court, Lector Court, River House and Clover House, 143-157 Farringdon Road, London, EC1R 3AB

P2023/2447/AODApproval of DetailsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 19 October 2023

Council decision: Approve with no conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Approval of Details pursuant to Condition 4 (Shopfront/entrance details) of planning permission ref: P2022/3399/S73 dated: 29/11/2022 which granted consent for 'Proposed demolition of existing mansard storey and roof level plant installation and erection of a replacement fifth floor, new sixth floor, roof terrace with associated stair, lift access and WCs and mechanical plant at roof level with acoustic screening. Plus extensions at first to fourth floor to the River House rear elevation on Crawford Passage (including third to fifth floor balconies) and use of the first floor rear flat roofs as amenity terraces along with amendments to the ground level facade to facilitate new internal configuration'.

Received
23 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Clerkenwell
  1. Received23 Aug
  2. Validated23 Aug
  3. Consult.21 Sep
  4. Target18 Oct
  5. Decided19 Oct

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Scriptor Court, Lector Court, River House and Clover House, 143-157 Farringdon Road, London, EC1R 3AB. Islington has handled 867 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 141 applications across Clerkenwell. We hold 716 applications in total for the EC1R postcode area.

98% of conditions 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 3AB
Application type
Approval of Details
Development type
Not Required
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 August 2023
Consultation expiry
21 September 2023
Consultation end
21 September 2023
Last date for comments
21 September 2023
Target decision date
18 October 2023
Application expires
21 September 2023
Permission expires
19 October 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

First advertised
7 September 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
12402467
UPRN
10010437474
Documents
4

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: Clerkenwell Green
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Clerkenwell
  • 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

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