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54 and 56, Old Street, Islington, London, EC1V 9AJ

P102783Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 11 April 2011

Council decision: Approve with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Redevelopment of 54 Old Street and refurbishment and alterations to 56 Old Street to provide a mixed use scheme including 4 residential units on upper floors and commercial floorspace on ground and basement levels.

Received
28 December 2010
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bunhill
  1. Received28 Dec
  2. Validated14 Feb
  3. Consult.9 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 54 and 56, Old Street, Islington, London, EC1V 9AJ. Islington has handled 1,802 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 7 weeks longer than Islington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 160 applications across Bunhill. We hold 1,026 applications in total for the EC1V 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
EC1V 9AJ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Development type
Not Used
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 February 2011
Consultation expiry
9 February 2011
Consultation end
9 February 2011
Last date for comments
17 February 2011
Permission expires
11 April 2014

Publicity

First advertised
27 January 2011

Additional information

Documents
40

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: St Luke's
  • Heritage at Risk Register: St Lukes
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2010
    28 Dec

    Redevelopment of 54 Old Street and refurbishment and alterations to 56 Old Street to provide a mixed use…

    This applicationApprovedFullP102783
  2. 2010
    28 Dec

    Conservation Area Consent application in connection with redevelopment of 54 Old Street and refurbishment and…

    ApprovedConservation Area ConsentFiled alongsideP110243

Source: Islington

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