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Old Street Station, Old Street, London EC1

P2014/3593/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 August 2015

Council decision: Approve with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Temporary change of use of area within roundabout above the station as a "pop-up" bar/events/food market space with associated stalls, temporary retention of the existing fencing and structures plus associated works; ceasing on 31st January 2017.

Received
5 September 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bunhill
  1. Received5 Sep
  2. Validated5 May
  3. Consult.26 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Aug

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Old Street Station, Old Street, London EC1. Islington has handled 1,802 applications of this type. This one was decided in 332 days, 39 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.

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

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 May 2015
Consultation expiry
26 May 2015
Consultation end
26 May 2015
Last date for comments
28 May 2015
Permission expires
3 August 2018

Publicity

First advertised
7 May 2015

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: Hat and Feathers
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Hat and Feathers
  • 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.

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© 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: Islington

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