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27, Highbury Hill, London, N5 1SU

P2025/2037/FULHouseholder planning & demolition in a conservation areaApproved
Householder

Approved on 24 September 2025

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Proposal

The proposal seeks approval to temporarily demolish the rear boundary wall to gain essential site access during construction. The primary reason for this is to allow the movement of construction vehicles, machinery, and materials in and out of the site. Access from the rear of the property is necessary to prevent vehicles from entering through the front, which could disturb the neighbouring school. Our goal is to avoid this for safety and logistical reasons. A temporary access gate will be erected at the rear of the development site to safeguard the site and nearby residents. The boundary wall will be carefully dismantled and fully reinstated to its original condition once the construction works are finished, ensuring it is rebuilt on a like-for-like basis, matching the existing materials, location, and design of the current wall.

Submitted
30 July 2025
  1. Received30 Jul
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at 27, Highbury Hill, London, N5 1SU. Islington has handled 37 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 598 applications in total for the N5 postcode area.

78% of householder planning & demolition in a conservation area 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
N5 1SU
Application type
Householder planning & demolition in a conservation area

Site constraints

Checking the site
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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Highbury Fields
  • 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

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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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Source: Islington

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