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Mount Pleasant Mail Centre, Farringdon Road, Islington, London EC1A 1BB

P2013/1611/AODApproval of DetailsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 5 September 2013

Council decision: Approve with no conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Approval of details pursuant to Condition 4 (Cycle Parking), Condition 5 (Material Samples), & Condition 6 (Inclusive Access) attached to planning permission P121232 granted on 16/8/12.

Received
17 May 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Clerkenwell
  1. Received17 May
  2. Validated30 May
  3. Consult.20 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Sep

Decided in 98 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Mount Pleasant Mail Centre, Farringdon Road, Islington, London EC1A 1BB. Islington has handled 867 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 8 weeks longer than Islington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 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 438 applications in total for the EC1A postcode area.

98% of conditions 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
EC1A 1BB
Application type
Approval of Details
Development type
Not Used
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 May 2013
Consultation expiry
20 June 2013
Consultation end
20 June 2013
Last date for comments
20 June 2013
Permission expires
5 September 2016

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.

  • Conservation area: Rosebery Avenue
  • 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, 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, 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.

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    23 Jan

    Replacement of 12 basement windows within the basement lightwell of the south-east facade of the Mount…

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationP2019/0279/FUL
  2. 2017
    9 Mar

    The installation of internally illuminated individual lettering as signage for the Mail Rail attraction and…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentP2017/1026/ADV
  3. 2017
    7 Feb

    Part approval of details pursuant to Condition 14 (Groundborne Noise) where this relates to the 'Enabling…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsP2017/0516/AOD
  4. 2016
    21 Dec

    Replacement of 6 basement windows within the lightwell of the south-east facade of the Mount Pleasant Mail…

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationP2016/5046/FUL
  5. 2016
    7 Nov

    Approval of details pursuant to Condition 5 (Archaeological Assessment) and part approval of details pursuant…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsP2016/4377/AOD

Source: Islington

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