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48 Britton Street, London, EC1M 5UL

P2023/3332/AODApproval of Details (LBC)Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 7 February 2024

Council decision: Approve with no conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Approval of Details pursuant to condition 3 parts a, b, c, d, e, and f only (part discharge) attached to listed building consent reference: P2022/3189/LBC, dated: 28/03/2023 Proposed change of use of basement and ground floor from commercial (Class E office) to residential (C3) to amalgamate with the existing residential flat (C3) on 1st and 2nd floor and associated external alterations, including replacement glazing to ground floor front elevation, addition of ground floor rear window, replacement of rear glazing at first floor, replacement courtyard rooflights, associated alterations and internal alterations.

Received
20 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Clerkenwell
  1. Received20 Nov
  2. Validated20 Nov
  3. Consult.20 Nov
  4. Target15 Jan
  5. Decided7 Feb

Decided in 79 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at 48 Britton Street, London, EC1M 5UL. Islington has handled 714 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 3 weeks longer than Islington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Clerkenwell. We hold 301 applications in total for the EC1M postcode area.

94% of heritage 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 5UL
Application type
Approval of Details (LBC)
Development type
Not Required
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 November 2023
Last date for comments
20 November 2023
Target decision date
15 January 2024
Application expires
20 November 2023
Permission expires
7 February 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
12614263
UPRN
5300012110
Documents
3

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
  • Listed building: Grade II: 48, Britton StreetOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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 (19)

flood storage 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, 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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