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Barbican House 26 - 34 Old Street Islington London EC1V 9QR

P2012/0099/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 21 January 2013

Council decision: Refusal of permissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Erection of a fifth floor roof extension to create 1x two bedroom flat over existing B1a offices.

Received
6 November 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bunhill
  1. Received6 Nov
  2. Validated5 Dec
  3. Consult.26 Dec
  4. Target26 Dec
  5. Decided21 Jan

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Barbican House 26 - 34 Old Street Islington London EC1V 9QR. Islington has handled 1,802 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer than Islington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. 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.

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 9QR
Application type
Full Planning Application
Development type
Not Used
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 December 2012
Consultation expiry
26 December 2012
Consultation end
26 December 2012
Last date for comments
3 January 2013
Target decision date
26 December 2012

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Publicity

First advertised
13 December 2012

Appeal

Appeal date
22 April 2013
Appeal result
The appeal is dismissed. 05-09-2013

Additional information

Documents
26

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
  • Listed building: Grade II: 20-24, Old StreetOn or next to this site
  • 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 (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.

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.

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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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