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167 Whitecross Street, London, EC1Y 8JT

P2026/1703/PRAPrior Approval (Class E To Residential)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 2 September 2026

Council decision: Prior approval required - approved with Conditions8 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Proposed Change of Use from Use Class E to mixed use containing two flats (Use Class C3) by Schedule 2, Part 3, Class G Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

Received
29 June 2026
Ward
Bunhill
  1. Received29 Jun
  2. Validated9 Jul
  3. Consult.8 Aug
  4. Target3 Sep
  5. Decided2 Sep

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 167 Whitecross Street, London, EC1Y 8JT. Islington has handled 155 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days longer than Islington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 160 applications across Bunhill. We hold 398 applications in total for the EC1Y 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
EC1Y 8JT
Application type
Prior Approval (Class E To Residential)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 July 2026
Consultation expiry
8 August 2026
Consultation end
8 August 2026
Target decision date
3 September 2026
Application expires
6 August 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Catherine Holness
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

First advertised
16 July 2026
Site notice start
16 July 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15035377
UPRN
5300097690
Documents
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St Luke's
  • Heritage at Risk Register: St Lukes
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

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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