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86 - 88 Clerkenwell Road, London, EC1M 5RJ

P2026/1892/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 13 October 2026

Council decision: Approve with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor area from ancillary hotel restaurant (Class C1) to commercial, business and service uses (Class E).

Received
16 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Clerkenwell
  1. Received16 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.5 Sep
  4. Target20 Sep
  5. Decided13 Oct

Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 86 - 88 Clerkenwell Road, London, EC1M 5RJ. Islington has handled 1,802 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 5 weeks longer than Islington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Clerkenwell. We hold 301 applications in total for the EC1M postcode area.

90% of full 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
EC1M 5RJ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2026
Consultation expiry
5 September 2026
Consultation end
5 September 2026
Target decision date
20 September 2026
Application expires
29 August 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

First advertised
13 August 2026
Site notice start
13 August 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15056490
UPRN
10010437253
Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Clerkenwell Green
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Clerkenwell
  • 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

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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