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Royal Mail House, 148, Old Street, Islington, London, EC1V 9BJ

P121753Advertisement ConsentRefused

Refused on 26 September 2012

Council decision: Refusal of permissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

A banner advertisement to the east elevation (corner of Old Street/Bunhill Row)with dimensions of 12.9m high and 3.05m wide (illuminated with 10 number halogen lamps).

Received
1 August 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bunhill
  1. Received1 Aug
  2. Validated2 Aug
  3. Consult.14 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Sep

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Royal Mail House, 148, Old Street, Islington, London, EC1V 9BJ. Islington has handled 304 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 160 applications across Bunhill. We hold 1,024 applications in total for the EC1V postcode area.

83% of advertising 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 9BJ
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Development type
Not Used
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 August 2012
Consultation expiry
14 August 2012
Consultation end
14 August 2012
Last date for comments
6 September 2012
Permission expires
26 September 2015

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Brownfield land register: Redbrick Estate, 163, 169 - 173 Old StreetRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Source: Islington

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