The café was formerly run as a bookshop and library in the early 1900s
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Cricks Corner café has been saved after Islington Council refused a planning application to turn it into a home.
The independent business will remain for now after the town hall ruled the proposal would result in “harm to the visual appearance and historic character” of the store on the corner of Dartmouth Park Hill and Bickerton Road.
In its planning decision notice, the council also cited “the unacceptable and unjustified loss of a ground floor shop, and that the property hadn’t been “adequately” marketed for a minimum of two years.
The café was formerly run as a bookshop and library in the early 1900s
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Cricks Corner café has been saved after Islington Council refused a planning application to turn it into a home.
The independent business will remain for now after the town hall ruled the proposal would result in “harm to the visual appearance and historic character” of the store on the corner of Dartmouth Park Hill and Bickerton Road.
In its planning decision notice, the council also cited “the unacceptable and unjustified loss of a ground floor shop, and that the property hadn’t been “adequately” marketed for a minimum of two years.
Cricks Corner, on the junction of Dartmouth Park Hill ad Bickerton Road. Picture: Cricks Corner
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A popular cafe in Dartmouth Park Hill faces an uncertain future after a planning application was submitted to turn the “institution” into a home.
Cricks Corner worker Henry Coombes. Picture: Cricks Corner
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The landlord of Cricks Corner, at the junction of Bickerton Road, has put proposals to Islington Council which - if approved - would pave the way for the cafe to become a two-storey house.
A decision is expected after December 6, when a public consultation ends.
Named after Albert Crick, the historic site was run as a bookshop and library in the early 1900s. It was also a newsagent before it was taken over as a cafe in 2015.