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Sunday School, Compton Avenue, London, N1 2XD

P2026/0630/LBCListed BuildingApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 24 April 2026

Council decision: Approve with conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The restoration and refurbishment of the Sunday School at the Union Chapel. To provide a flexible space for community use and preserve and create a publicly accessible home for the Chapel's fascinating 200-year-old un-catalogued Collection. The proposals include: alterations to previously approved secondary balustrade at gallery level; and access hatch to roof void (Application ref: P2024/1941/FUL & P2024/1942/LBC). Minor layout alteration to previously approved infilling of unusable lightwell to create room (Application ref: P2024/1941/FUL & P2024/1942/LBC). New works proposed to level existing concrete floor slab in entrance lobby. New fire rated wall and door proposed within ground floor store room.

Received
6 March 2026
Ward
Laycock
  1. Received6 Mar
  2. Validated6 Mar
  3. Consult.18 Apr
  4. Target30 Apr
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Sunday School, Compton Avenue, London, N1 2XD. Islington has handled 714 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 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Laycock. We hold 4,099 applications in total for the N1 postcode area.

94% of heritage 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
N1 2XD
Application type
Listed Building
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 March 2026
Consultation expiry
18 April 2026
Consultation end
18 April 2026
Target decision date
30 April 2026
Application expires
13 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

First advertised
26 March 2026
Site notice start
26 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14760583
UPRN
5300022815
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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© 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.

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Source: Islington

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