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Macpherson House 69 - 85 Old Street London EC1V 9HX

P2014/4393/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 17 December 2014

Council decision: Approve with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Creation of roof terrace including the insertion of 1.1m high glass barrier around the outside of the terrace. Terrace to be used 9:00am to 6:00pm only.

Received
24 October 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bunhill
  1. Received24 Oct
  2. Validated4 Nov
  3. Consult.25 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Dec

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Macpherson House 69 - 85 Old Street London EC1V 9HX. Islington has handled 1,802 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 160 applications across Bunhill. We hold 1,026 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 9HX
Application type
Full Planning Application
Development type
Not Used
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 November 2014
Consultation expiry
25 November 2014
Consultation end
25 November 2014
Last date for comments
4 December 2014
Permission expires
17 December 2017

Publicity

First advertised
13 November 2014

Additional information

Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St Luke'sPart of the site · +1 more
  • Heritage at Risk Register: St LukesPart of the site · +1 more
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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Source: Islington

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