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5, Elthorne Road, London, N19 4AB

P2026/1390/PRAPrior Approval (Class E To Residential)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 15 July 2026

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 whole of the building in existing commercial use (Class E) to residential accommodation to provide 9x 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
29 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Junction
  1. Received29 May
  2. Validated29 May
  3. Consult.1 Jul
  4. Target24 Jul
  5. Decided15 Jul

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 5, Elthorne Road, London, N19 4AB. Islington has handled 155 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Islington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Junction. We hold 557 applications in total for the N19 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
N19 4AB
Application type
Prior Approval (Class E To Residential)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 May 2026
Consultation expiry
1 July 2026
Consultation end
1 July 2026
Target decision date
24 July 2026
Application expires
27 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

First advertised
8 June 2026
Site notice start
8 June 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14963256
UPRN
5300030656
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Jobcentre Plus, 1 Elthorne RoadRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Islington

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