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Second Floor, The Hayloft, 44 - 46 St John Street, London, EC1M 4DF

P2026/2162/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 1 October 2026

Council decision: Approve with conditions4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of office/studio (Class E) to residential (Class C3) at second floor level in association with the amalgamation of second and third floor units to form 1no. 3 bedroom, self-contained dwelling (Class C3).

Received
10 August 2026
Ward
Bunhill
  1. Received10 Aug
  2. Validated18 Aug
  3. Consult.19 Sep
  4. Target4 Oct
  5. Decided1 Oct

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Second Floor, The Hayloft, 44 - 46 St John Street, London, EC1M 4DF. Islington has handled 1,802 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Islington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 160 applications across Bunhill. 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 4DF
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 August 2026
Consultation end
19 September 2026
Target decision date
4 October 2026
Application expires
11 September 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Catherine Holness
Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15039856
UPRN
10010440254
Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Charterhouse Square+1 more
  • Listed building: Grade II: Bacon SmokehouseOn or next to this site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: ClerkenwellNext to the site
  • 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 (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

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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