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205 Old Street, London, EC1V 9QN

P2020/3152/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 4 March 2021

Council decision: Approve with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Erection of single storey extension with aligning parapet; replacement and refurbishment of roof structures; installation of zinc cladding to eastern façade and associated works.

Received
5 November 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bunhill
  1. Received5 Nov
  2. Validated5 Nov
  3. Consult.1 Feb
  4. Target31 Dec
  5. Decided4 Mar

Decided in 119 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 205 Old Street , London, EC1V 9QN. Islington has handled 1,802 applications of this type. This one was decided in 119 days, 9 weeks longer than Islington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 9QN
Application type
Full Planning Application
Development type
Not Required
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 November 2020
Consultation expiry
1 February 2021
Consultation end
1 February 2021
Last date for comments
1 February 2021
Target decision date
31 December 2020
Application expires
1 February 2021
Permission expires
4 March 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
88 days

Publicity

First advertised
18 January 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
9203644
UPRN
10091005366
Documents
23

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: Bunhill Fields and Finsbury Square
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Bunhill Fields, Finsbury Square
  • 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

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2021
    14 Jun

    Application for non-material amendment to condition 2 (Drawings) and condition 10 (delivery and servicing…

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentP2021/1781/NMA
  2. 2020
    5 Nov

    Erection of single storey extension with aligning parapet; replacement and refurbishment of roof structures…

    This applicationApprovedFullP2020/3152/FUL

Source: Islington

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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