Pavement area Opposite 155-157 Farringdon Road, outside multi storey car park, London, EC1R 3AL
Refused on 18 December 2018
Council decision: Prior approval required - refusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application for Prior Approval for the installation of a free-standing telecommunications structure on the pavement opposite 155-157 Farringdon Road, outside multi storey car park
- Received
- 30 October 2018
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Islington
- Ward
- Bunhill, Clerkenwell
- ReceivedReceived30 Oct
- ValidatedValidated30 Oct
- Consult.Consultation9 Dec
- TargetTarget Date24 Dec
- DecidedDecided18 Dec
Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a telecoms application at Pavement area Opposite 155-157 Farringdon Road, outside multi storey car park, London, EC1R 3AL. Islington has handled 48 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Islington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 716 applications in total for the EC1R postcode area.
90% of all 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
- EC1R 3AL
- Application type
- Prior Approval (Telecommunications)
- Development type
- Not Required
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 October 2018
- Consultation expiry
- 9 December 2018
- Consultation end
- 9 December 2018
- Last date for comments
- 9 December 2018
- Target decision date
- 24 December 2018
- Application expires
- 9 December 2018
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- First advertised
- 15 November 2018
Appeal
- Appeal type
- Written Representations - Prior Approval
- Appeal date
- 17 June 2019
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed
- Appeal decision date
- 16 October 2019
Additional information
- UPRN
- 5300033021
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Clerkenwell Green
- 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.
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