Land north west of the Royal Mail Sorting Office, Farringdon Road, Islington, London, EC1A 1BB
Approved on 10 January 2024
Council decision: Approve with no conditionsDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Partial approval of details pursuant to condition 25 (Rooftop structures) in relation to blocks E and F (Phase 3) pursuant to planning permission ref: P2021/1479/S73 dated 31/05/2022
- Received
- 24 November 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Islington
- Ward
- Clerkenwell
- ReceivedReceived24 Nov
- ValidatedValidated24 Nov
- Consult.Consultation14 Dec
- TargetTarget Date19 Jan
- DecidedDecided10 Jan
Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to vary a condition at Land north west of the Royal Mail Sorting Office, Farringdon Road, Islington, London, EC1A 1BB. Islington has handled 867 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Islington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 141 applications across Clerkenwell. We hold 438 applications in total for the EC1A 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
- EC1A 1BB
- Application type
- Approval of Details
- Development type
- Not Required
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 November 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 14 December 2023
- Consultation end
- 14 December 2023
- Last date for comments
- 14 December 2023
- Target decision date
- 19 January 2024
- Application expires
- 14 December 2023
- Permission expires
- 10 January 2027
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- First advertised
- 30 November 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- 12549342
- UPRN
- 10001296734
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Rosebery Avenue
- 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 (21)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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
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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202328 Sep
Display of advertisement vinyls to be applied externally on the glazing of the Blocks E, F and K commercial…
ApprovedAdvertisement consentP2023/2795/ADV - 202321 Aug
Partial Approval of Details pursuant to condition 32 (inclusive design - residential) of planning permission…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsP2023/2424/AOD - 202314 Apr
Partial Approval of Details Pursuant of Condition 19 (materials) of Planning permission reference…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsP2023/1100/AOD
Source: Islington
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