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319-325 High Holborn (Heron House), 326-332 High Holborn And 26 Southampton Buildings (Holborn Gate), And 44 Southampton Buildings, WC1 And WC2

Awaiting decision Islington P2025/0163/OBS Observations to Adjoining Borough

Works: Demolition

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Observations to adjoining borough in relation to application ref: 24/01262/FULMAJ for Demolition of existing buildings at 326-332 High Holborn & 26 Southampton Buildings (Holborn Gate), 319-325 High Holborn (Heron House) and 44 Southampton Buildings and construction of new building comprising of two basement levels, ground plus 9 upper stories (65.8m AOD), including a mezzanine at upper ground level and external plant space at roof level, consisting of office floorspace (Class E(g)(i)) on ground and upper levels, retail/food and beverage floorspace (Use Class E(a)-(b)) at ground level and flexible cultural/ exhibition/performance/ learning/ community/ creative affordable workspace (Use Classes F1(a)-(e)/ F2(b)/ E(g)(i)/ Sui Generis) floorspace at ground and basement levels; creation of public realm, including new hard and soft landscaping, external terraces, provision of new servicing facilities and associated access from Southampton Buildings, cycle parking and other associated works.

As published by the council, reference P2025/0163/OBS

Application record

Reference
P2025/0163/OBS
Type
Observations to Adjoining Borough
Status
Pending As published: FINAL DECISION
Received
2 Jun 2025
Validated
2 Jun 2025
Decision by
Delegated

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Jun 2025

    Received by Islington

  2. 25 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 28 July 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Islington took a median of 53 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

What happens while it is decided

This application is with Islington for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Islington's median decision took 53 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About this record

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