The Old Ivy House, 166 Goswell Road, London, EC1V 7DT
Approved on 7 January 2026
Council decision: Prior approval required - approvedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Notification of Prior Approval under Class J, Part 14, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the installation of solar panels and associated equipment on the roof.
- Received
- 24 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Islington
- Ward
- Bunhill
- ReceivedReceived24 Oct
- ValidatedValidated14 Nov
- Consult.Consultation20 Dec
- TargetTarget Date8 Jan
- DecidedDecided7 Jan
Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at The Old Ivy House, 166 Goswell Road, London, EC1V 7DT. Islington has handled 155 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 3 weeks longer than Islington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. 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.
77% of outline 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 7DT
- Application type
- Prior Approval (Other)
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 20 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 20 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 8 January 2026
- Application expires
- 11 December 2025
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- First advertised
- 27 November 2025
- Site notice start
- 27 November 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14433840
- UPRN
- 5300036626
- Documents
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: 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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Source: Islington
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