Lector Court, 151-153, Farringdon Road, Islington, London, EC1R 3AD
Refused on 31 October 2006
Council decision: Refusal of permissionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Installation of 5nos Toshiba VRF heat recovery pumps to the roof of 151-153 Farringdon Road and installation of associated pipework and steel supporting framework, to facilitate air conditioning of the occupied areas.
- Received
- 8 September 2006
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Islington
- Ward
- Clerkenwell
- ReceivedReceived8 Sep
- ValidatedValidated8 Sep
- Consult.Consultation29 Sep
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided31 Oct
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Lector Court, 151-153, Farringdon Road, Islington, London, EC1R 3AD. Islington has handled 1,802 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Islington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 141 applications across Clerkenwell. We hold 716 applications in total for the EC1R postcode area.
90% of full applications at London Borough of Islington were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- EC1R 3AD
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Development type
- Not Used
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 September 2006
- Consultation expiry
- 29 September 2006
- Consultation end
- 29 September 2006
- Last date for comments
- 26 October 2006
- Permission expires
- 31 October 2009
Publicity
- First advertised
- 5 October 2006
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Clerkenwell Green
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.
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Source: Islington
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