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Anvil House Matthias Road, London, N16 8NT

Awaiting decision Islington P2026/1197/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 Hackney Council on Demolition of the existing building (including part-retrospective permission for demolition works to the northern boundary) and construction of a new 5-storey building to provide a new self-storage facility, new flexible workspace / incubator units, retail units, hard and soft landscaping, and other works ancillary to the development [2026/0590].

As published by the council, reference P2026/1197/OBS

Application record

Reference
P2026/1197/OBS
Type
Observations to Adjoining Borough
Status
VALIDATED
Received
6 May 2026
Validated
6 May 2026
Postcode
N16 8NT

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 6 May 2026

    Received by Islington

  2. 25 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 1 July 2026, 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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