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2 - 4 Digswell Street and 3 Furlong Road, London, N7 8JX

P2023/3660/PRAPrior Approval (Class E To Residential)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 13 February 2024

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 the first and second floors of existing commercial building (Class E) to residential accommodation to provide 5x self-contained residential units (Class C3) under 'Class MA' of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order (GPDO) 2015 (as amended).

Received
20 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Laycock
  1. Received20 Dec
  2. Validated20 Dec
  3. Consult.2 Feb
  4. Target13 Feb
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 2 - 4 Digswell Street and 3 Furlong Road, London, N7 8JX. Islington has handled 155 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Laycock. We hold 836 applications in total for the N7 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
N7 8JX
Application type
Prior Approval (Class E To Residential)
Development type
Not Required
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 December 2023
Consultation expiry
2 February 2024
Consultation end
2 February 2024
Last date for comments
4 February 2024
Target decision date
13 February 2024
Application expires
4 February 2024
Permission expires
13 February 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

First advertised
11 January 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
12665353
UPRN
5300027806
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St Mary Magdalene
  • 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.

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© 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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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    16 Jun

    Non-Material Amendment (s96a) to Notification of Prior Approval P2023/3660/PRA

    PendingNon-material amendmentAmendmentP2025/1415/NMA
  2. 2025
    25 Apr

    Approval of details pursuant to condition 7 (noise and sound measures) of prior approval ref. P2023/3660/PRA

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsP2025/1181/AOD
  3. 2023
    20 Dec

    Notification of Prior Approval for the change of use of the first and second floors of existing commercial…

    This applicationConditionsOutlineP2023/3660/PRA

Source: Islington

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