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79 Clerkenwell Road London EC1R 5AR

2025/5617/AAdvertisement ConsentRefused

Refused on 2 April 2026

Council decision: Non-Determination: would have refusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Display of non-illuminated mural, hand-painted on flank wall (measuring 19.45 metres high x 13.78 metres wide) for a temporary period of 36 months.

Received
23 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Holborn and Covent Garden
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated24 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Jan
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 99 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at 79 Clerkenwell Road London EC1R 5AR. Camden has handled 499 applications of this type. This one was decided in 100 days, 7 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Hatton Garden conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 338 applications across Holborn and Covent Garden. We hold 716 applications in total for the EC1R postcode area.

81% of advertising applications at London Borough of Camden were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
EC1R 5AR
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 December 2025
Target decision date
17 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
24 days

Appeal history

6006423
Allowed
Type: Advertisement AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 17 August 2026Reason: not_received

Additional information

Documents
35

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Hatton Garden
  • Article 4 direction: Basements+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    19 Feb

    Hand Painted Mural. We are working with the landlord who is developing the land at 79 Clerkenwell Road…

    WithdrawnAdvertisement consent2019/0995/INVALID
  2. 2016
    26 Oct

    Amendment to the materials of approved planning permission ref: 2016/2359/P

    ApprovedNon-material amendment2016/5893/P
  3. 2006
    19 Oct

    Details of sound-insulating material and method of mounting plant pursuant to condition 2 of appeal decision…

    ApprovedReserved matters2006/4759/P
  4. 2000
    26 Oct

    The erection of a basement, ground and five upper storey building for a mixed use scheme comprising…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionPS9905045
  5. 2000
    26 Oct

    The erection of a basement, ground and five upper storey building for a mixed use scheme comprising…

    WithdrawnFull Planning PermissionPSX0004571

Source: Camden

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