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38-42, St John Street, Islington, London, EC1M 4DT

P121912Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 23 October 2012

Council decision: Approve with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Alterations to existing shopfront including windows, awnings and new signage.

Received
24 August 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bunhill
  1. Received24 Aug
  2. Validated28 Aug
  3. Consult.18 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for signage at 38-42, St John Street, Islington, London, EC1M 4DT. Islington has handled 1,802 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Islington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 160 applications across Bunhill. We hold 301 applications in total for the EC1M 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
EC1M 4DT
Application type
Full Planning Application
Development type
Not Used
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 August 2012
Consultation expiry
18 September 2012
Consultation end
18 September 2012
Last date for comments
11 October 2012
Permission expires
23 October 2015

Publicity

First advertised
20 September 2012

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Clerkenwell Green+1 more
  • Listed building: Grade II: 72, St John StreetOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Clerkenwell
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

  1. 2012
    24 Aug

    Alterations to existing shopfront including windows, awnings and new signage.

    This applicationApprovedFullP121912
  2. 2012
    24 Aug

    Display of externally illuminated fascia signage, two hanging signs and replacement awnings.

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongsideP121913

Source: Islington

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