140, Seven Sisters Road, London, N7 7NS

P2025/2214/PRAPrior Approval: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E), or betting office or pay day loan shop to mixed use including up to two flats (Use Class C3)Refused

Refused on 19 September 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

change of use of the first floor commercial to two flats

Submitted: 1 August 2025
Council: London Borough of Islington

ReceivedSubmitted1 Aug
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided19 Sep

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 140, Seven Sisters Road, London, N7 7NS. Islington has handled 9 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Islington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 836 applications in total for the N7 postcode area.

90% of all 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 7NS
Application type: Prior Approval: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E), or betting office or pay day loan shop to mixed use including up to two flats (Use Class C3)

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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10 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Islington

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