23 Bartholomew Square, London, EC1V 3QT
Approved on 28 February 2024
Council decision: Prior approval required - approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Notification of Prior Approval for the change of use of the ground floor of existing commercial unit 3 (Class E) to residential accommodation to provide a single self-contained residential unit (Class C3) under 'Class MA' of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order (GPDO) 2015 (as amended).
- Received
- 8 November 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Islington
- Ward
- Bunhill
- ReceivedReceived8 Nov
- ValidatedValidated4 Jan
- Consult.Consultation2 Feb
- TargetTarget Date28 Feb
- DecidedDecided28 Feb
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at 23 Bartholomew Square, London, EC1V 3QT. Islington has handled 155 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 8 weeks longer 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 160 applications across Bunhill. We hold 1,026 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 3QT
- Application type
- Prior Approval (Class E To Residential)
- Development type
- Not Required
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 January 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 2 February 2024
- Consultation end
- 2 February 2024
- Last date for comments
- 4 February 2024
- Target decision date
- 28 February 2024
- Application expires
- 4 February 2024
- Permission expires
- 28 February 2027
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- First advertised
- 11 January 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- 1250872
- UPRN
- 5300100532
- Documents
- 13
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Listed building: Grade II: Railings and Gates Around St Luke'S ChurchyardOn or next to this site · +1 more
- Brownfield land register: Redbrick Estate, 163, 169 - 173 Old StreetRegister site at or near this address
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, conservation 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 and heritage coasts.
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