17, Wakley Street, EC1V 7RQ

P2025/0006/PRAPrior Approval: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3)Permitted

Prior approval

Proposal

Notification of Prior Approval for the change of use of ground, mezzanine, first and second floors of existing commercial building (Class E) to residential accommodation to provide 42 self-contained residential units (Class C3), comprising 41no. 1-bedroom-1-person units and 1no. 1-bedroom-2-person units, under 'Class MA' of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order (GPDO) 2015 (as amended)

Received: 2 January 2025
Decided: 27 February 2025
Council: London Borough of Islington

Approximate site (title boundary)

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ReceivedSubmitted2 Jan
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided27 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Islington55% of prior approval: change of use from commercial, business and service (use class e) to dwellinghouses (use class c3) applications approved

This is a planning application for a change of use at 17, Wakley Street, EC1V 7RQ. Islington has handled 39 applications of this type and approves 55% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,013 applications in total for the EC1V postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

P2025/0006/PRA

Address

17, Wakley Street, EC1V 7RQ

Postcode

EC1V 7RQ

Local Authority

Islington

Application Type

Prior Approval: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3)

Decision Status

Permitted

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Decided

27 February 2025

Date Submitted

2 January 2025

Planning Decision

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates

51.530280, -0.102420

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Islington

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Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Duncan Terrace/Colebrooke RowNext to the site
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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