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

P2019/0279/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 14 March 2019

Council decision: Approve with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Replacement of 12 basement windows within the basement lightwell of the south-east facade of the Mount Pleasant Mail Centre with 12 acoustic louvres

Received
23 January 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Clerkenwell
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.10 Mar
  4. Target20 Mar
  5. Decided14 Mar

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at Mount Pleasant Mail Centre, Farringdon Road, Islington, LONDON, EC1A 1BB. Islington has handled 1,802 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker 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.

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
EC1A 1BB
Application type
Full Planning Application
Development type
Not Used
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2019
Consultation expiry
10 March 2019
Consultation end
10 March 2019
Last date for comments
10 March 2019
Target decision date
20 March 2019
Application expires
10 March 2019
Permission expires
14 March 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

First advertised
14 February 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
7426585
UPRN
10001296734
Documents
11

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

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    28 Sep

    Display of advertisement vinyls to be applied externally on the glazing of the Blocks E, F and K commercial…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentP2023/2795/ADV
  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
  6. 2013
    17 May

    Approval of details pursuant to Condition 4 (Cycle Parking), Condition 5 (Material Samples), & Condition 6…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsP2013/1611/AOD

Source: Islington

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