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
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) for the use of the first, second and third floors as an 8-room large HMO (Use Class Sui Generis)
Proposal details
- Reference
- P2026/1710/COL
- Alternative references
- PP-15036684
- Ward
- Hillrise
- Agent
- George Athanasi
- UPRN
- 10012788121
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Application Form - Without Personal DataApplication Form - Redacted | 29 Jun 2026 | View |
| Existing Site and Floor PlansDrawings - Existing - Plans | 29 Jun 2026 | View |
| External Site PhotographsPhotographs | 29 Jun 2026 | View |
| Internal First Floor PhotographsPhotographs | 29 Jun 2026 | View |
| Internal Second Floor PhotographsPhotographs | 29 Jun 2026 | View |
| Internal Third Floor PhotographsPhotographs | 29 Jun 2026 | View |
| Applicant's Document ListSupporting Documentation | 29 Jun 2026 | View |
| Delegated Report P2026/1710/COLDelegated Report | 11 Sept 2026 | View |
| Decision Notice P2026/1710/COLDecision Notice | 11 Sept 2026 | View |
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Application timeline
Council milestones and published deadlines. A deadline passing does not confirm a decision.
Decision 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 source
Decision & conditions
Decision Notice P2026/1710/COLPlanning conditions
- 2617.01.A – existing site and floor plans; 2617.PH1.A – existing external photographs; 2617.PH2.A – existing first floor photographs; 2617.PH3.A – existing second floor photographs; 2617.PH4.A – existing third floor photographs; Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreements (AST); Licence for a House in Multiple Occupation HMOL/172/07 dated 11/04/2007; Letter from Islington notice of intention to grant a licence in respect of a House in Multiple Occupation dated 12/03/2012; Licence for a House in Multiple Occupation dated 11/04/2017; Licence for a House in Multiple Occupation ISL:905935825056 dated 09/01/2023; Letter from Ariston Property dated 26/06/2026;
- Sufficient evidence has been submitted to demonstrate on the 'balance of probability' the first, second and third floors of the property at 499a Hornsey Road has been continuously occupied as an 8-room House in Multiple Occupation (Sui Generis) in excess of 10 years and is therefore immune from planning enforcement action as set out in s171b of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).
