Colville Estate, London, N1 5DB Data via plota.co.uk

2026/0685 - Removal/Variation of Condition(s) Pending

Proposal

Variation of condition 1 (Approved Plans) of the Colville Estate regeneration Outline Planning Permission (as amended by and ) for “The demolition of the existing buildings comprising of 412 dwellings and 406 sq.m (Gross Internal Area) of non-residential floorspace, and the development of a residential led mixed use scheme of replacement buildings comprising of: Residential (Use Class C3) up to 884 dwellings, of which up to 1,010 sq.m (GIA) can be Business (Use Class B1); Mixed use of Retail (Use Class A1), Financial and professional services (Use Class A2), Restaurants and café (Use Class A3), Drinking establishments (Use Class A4), Hot food takeaways (Use Class A5), Community/Health uses (Use Class D1), and Assembly and leisure (Use Class D2) up to 950 sq.m (GIA); Vehicular and cycle parking (to basement, semi-basement, under-croft and surface level); Together with associated areas of open space, hard and soft landscaping; alterations to new pedestrian and vehicular accesses and highway and engineering works; electricity sub-station and other utility requirements, including an energy centre; and other associated temporary works or structures.” The amendments would be to the approved parameter plans and include increased maximum building heights at plot G (one metre) and H (80 cm); changes to the estate-wide access and public realm framework; changes to balcony provision zones where projecting balconies are permitted; changes to the defensible frontage to new dwellings; a reduced courtyard to plot G with increased public realm; increased building depths at plots G and H; updated existing tree protection arrangements. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
30 Mar 2026
✓
Validated
15 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 14 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 14 Oct 2026.

Documents 18

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Associated applications 6

Site constraints 6

Article 4 direction
Whole of the London Borough of Hackney. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Air quality management area: Hackney AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Opportunity area
Where the London Plan expects significant growth.
Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.
Also on the record
Conservation area about 64 m away: Regent's Canal - Kingsland CAAC; Inside the Hackney built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 3 (moderate), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Hackney
Application type
Removal/Variation of Condition(s)
Postcode
N1 5DB
Received
30 Mar 2026
Validated
15 Jul 2026
Ward
Hoxton East and Shoreditch Ward
Case officer
Show
Target decision
14 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
14 Oct 2026
Hackney
Planning Authority Score
2.4/10
Poor
#256 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

Hackney is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #220 out of 296. Hackney is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 84% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 84% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Hackney decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
82%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #248 of 296
84%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #257 of 296
53%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #220 of 296
46%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #201 of 296
75%
Minor dwellings approved
204 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
4 decided (10+ homes)
50%
Change of use approved
2 decided
1,323
Total decisions
241 refused in the year to March 2026