Planning application
P2025/2241/COL
Flat 7, 279 City Road, London, EC1V 1LA
Proposal
Certificate of Lawful (Existing) Use for the use of the 2-bed flat at first floor level as self-contained resdiential accommodation (Use Class C3)
As published by the council, reference P2025/2241/COL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Aug 2025
Received by Islington
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5 Aug 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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12 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Approve with no conditions
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25 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About lawful development applications
How this application type works
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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P2025/2202/COL Granted
Flat 14, 279 City Road, London, EC1V 1LA
Certifciate of Lawful (Existing) Use for the use of the 2-bed flat at first floor level as self-contained residential accommodation (Use Class C3).
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P2025/2175/COL Granted
Flat 6, 279 City Road, London, EC1V 1LA
Certificate of Lawful (Existing) Use for the use of the 2-bed flat at first floor level as self-contained resdiential accommodation (Use Class C3).
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P2023/0172/FUL Granted
30 Haverstock Street, London, N1 8DL
Retention of existing single storey rear extension and construction of a single storey infill extension
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P2026/1778/FUL Awaiting decision
28 Remington Street, London, N1 8DH
Replacement of all existing single glazed timber windows with double glazed timber windows throughout, fascia, soffit, rainwater guttering and other external works.
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P2025/3697/LBC Awaiting decision
26, Remington Street, London, N1 8DH
Construction of a single storey rear extension. Internal alterations including partial removal of walls and installation of new kitchen, bathrooms and internal doors and openings. (Full Planning Application also submitted ref.P2025/3696/FUL)
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P2025/3696/FUL Awaiting decision
26, Remington Street, London, N1 8DH
Construction of a single storey rear extension. Internal alterations including partial removal of walls and installation of new kitchen, bathrooms and internal doors and openings. (Listed building consent also submitted ref:P2025/3697/LBC).
Other lawful development applications
In Islington
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P2026/1005/COL Granted
505A Hornsey Road, London
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) for the use of the first, second and third floors as a 6-room large HMO (Use Class Sui Generis)
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P2026/1434/COL Granted
9 Alwyne Square, London, N1 2JX
Installation of 3 rooflights in the rear roof slope.
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P2026/0980/COL Granted
4A Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6DR
Certificate of Lawful (Existing) development for the use of the first, second and third floors as three self-contained studio flats (Class C3)
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P2026/1324/COL Granted
Gough House, 1 Windsor Street, London, N1 8QA
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) for the installation of low-level play equipment, seating, planter with trellis, grass matting and a self-closing child-safety gate fixed to existing metal hoop-top fencing.
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P2026/1943/COL Awaiting decision
49, Linton Street, London, N1 7AN
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for the construction of a garden studio/outbuilding in rear garden.