Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Application overview
Change of use from bar/drinking establishments (sui generis) to pod hotel (sui generis), including enclosure of the first and second floor terraces and retention of the existing rooftop bar.
Proposal details
- Reference
- P2026/0784/FUL
- Alternative references
- PP-14751431
- Ward
- Bunhill
- Agent
- Nick Jenkins
- UPRN
- 5300069832
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Application Form - Without Personal DataApplication Form | 24 Mar 2026 | View |
| Design and access statementDesign and Access Statement | 24 Mar 2026 | View |
| Transport assessmentSupporting Documentation | 24 Mar 2026 | View |
| SustainabilitySupporting Documentation | 24 Mar 2026 | View |
| The location planDrawings - Existing | 24 Mar 2026 | View |
| Site/Block Plan - ExistingDrawings - Existing | 24 Mar 2026 | View |
| Basement Floor Plan - ExistingDrawings - Existing | 24 Mar 2026 | View |
| Ground Floor Plan - ExistingDrawings - Existing | 24 Mar 2026 | View |
| First Floor Plan - ExistingDrawings - Existing | 24 Mar 2026 | View |
| Second Floor Plan - ExistingDrawings - Existing | 24 Mar 2026 | View |
| Third Floor Plan - ExistingDrawings - Existing | 24 Mar 2026 | View |
| Basement Floor Plan - ProposedDrawings - Proposed | 24 Mar 2026 | View |
| Ground Floor Plan - ProposedDrawings - Proposed | 24 Mar 2026 | View |
| First Floor Plan - ProposedDrawings - Proposed | 24 Mar 2026 | View |
| Second Floor Plan - ProposedDrawings - Proposed | 24 Mar 2026 | View |
| Third Floor Plan - ProposedDrawings - Proposed | 24 Mar 2026 | View |
| Elevations - ExistingDrawings - Existing | 24 Mar 2026 | View |
| Elevations - ProposedDrawings - Proposed | 24 Mar 2026 | View |
| Community Infrastructure Levy - Completed formSupporting Documentation | 24 Mar 2026 | View |
| Covering letterSupporting Documentation | 24 Mar 2026 | View |
| Planning statementSupporting Documentation | 24 Mar 2026 | View |
| Marketing AdvertSupporting Documentation | 12 May 2026 | View |
| Site Overview PackSupporting Documentation | 12 May 2026 | View |
| Delegated Officer's ReportDelegated Report | 28 Aug 2026 | View |
| Decision NoticeDecision Notice | 28 Aug 2026 | View |
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Application timeline
Council milestones and published deadlines. A deadline passing does not confirm a decision.
Publicity end date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceSite notice end date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceDecision due date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceExtension date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceConsultation expiry date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceStatutory expiry date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council source
Decision & conditions
Decision NoticePlanning conditions
- REASON: The proposed change of use would result in the unjustified loss of a cultural venue within the Central Activities Zone. The applicant has failed to demonstrate through substantive and detailed evidence that the floorspace has been vacant and marketed for a 24-month period and that exceptional circumstances exist to justify the loss of this floorspace and that there is no reasonable prospect of continued or alternative cultural use, and that this loss would not harm the character of the area. This is contrary to policies SD4, HC5 and HC6 of the London Plan (2021), policies R1 and R10 of Islington’s Strategic and Development Management Policies (2023).
- Location Plan J9802-01 Block Plan J9802-02 A Proposed Basement J9802-08 Proposed Ground Floor Plan J9802-09 A Proposed First Floor Plan J9802-10 A Proposed Second Floor Plan J9802-11 A Proposed Rooftop Terrace J9802-12 A, Proposed Elevations J9802-014 A Planning Statement by Smith Jenkins March 2026 5285 Transport Statement March 2026 1:1 Energy & Sustainability Statement Rev 03 Design & Access Statement March 2026 Cover Letter Statement by Billie Chandler Visual Concept Pack May 2026 CBRE Marketing Report CBRE Marketing Information Sheet.
- REASON: The proposed visitor accommodation fails to provide 10% of rooms as wheelchair accessible and does not demonstrate evidence of step free lift access or inclusive communal and staff provision within the site. The application is therefore contrary to policies D5 and E10 of the London Plan (2021) and policies PLAN1 and R12 of Islington’s Strategic and Development Management Policies (2023) and Islington's Inclusive Design SPD (2014).
- REASON: The site is not suitable for visitor accommodation as the site is not allocated for visitor accommodation nor is it a site with existing visitor accommodation, while the proposed hotel use conflicts with the over-riding land use priority for offices within Bunhill and Clerkenwell. The proposed use as visitor accommodation is therefore contrary to Policy E10 of the London Plan (2021) and policies B1, B2, R1 and R12 of Islington’s Strategic and Development Management Policies (2023) and policies AAP1 and AAP3 of the Bunhill and Clerkenwell Area Action Plan (2023).
