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161-169 Essex Road, London, N1 2SN

P2026/0398/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 6 May 2026

Council decision: Approve with conditions

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

Proposal

Proposed telecommunications base station upgrades including removal and replacement of 1no. equipment cabinet, addition of 1no. wall mounted cabinet, installation of a GPS node and new handrails on rooftop. [linked to ref: P2026/3999/LBC]

Received
13 February 2026
Ward
St Mary's & St James'
  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.18 Apr
  4. Target7 May
  5. Decided6 May

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 161-169 Essex Road, London, N1 2SN. Islington has handled 1,802 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 4 weeks longer than Islington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across St Mary's & St James'. We hold 4,098 applications in total for the N1 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
N1 2SN
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2026
Consultation expiry
18 April 2026
Consultation end
18 April 2026
Target decision date
7 May 2026
Application expires
10 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

First advertised
26 March 2026
Site notice start
26 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14703864
UPRN
10010437669
Documents
21

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: The Angel
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Angel
  • 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. 2026
    13 Feb

    Proposed telecommunications base station upgrades including removal and replacement of 1no. equipment…

    This applicationApprovedFullP2026/0398/FUL
  2. 2026
    13 Feb

    Upgrade of existing telecommunications base station comprising the removal and replacement of 1no equipment…

    ApprovedListed building consentRelatedP2026/0399/LBC

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    26 Jan

    0119/0341 Outside 157 Essex Road, London, N1 2SN

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentP2026/0141/ADV
  2. 2026
    16 Jan

    Internally illuminated sequential advertisement capable of static and dynamic content display with automatic…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentP2026/0122/ADV
  3. 2025
    1 Oct

    PAVEMENT o/s RIVER PLACE HEALTH CENTRE, ESSEX ROAD, LONDON, N1 2DE

    RefusedAdvertisement consentP2025/2486/ADV
  4. 2024
    28 Oct

    INTERNAL ILLUMINATED SEQUENTIAL ADVERTISEMENT CAPABLE OF STATIC AND DYNAMIC CONTENT DISPLAY WITH AUTOMATIC…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentP2024/3167/ADV
  5. 2024
    28 Oct

    INTERNAL ILLUMINATED SEQUENTIAL ADVERTISEMENT CAPABLE OF STATIC AND DYNAMIC CONTENT DISPLAY WITH AUTOMATIC…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentP2024/3162/ADV

Source: Islington

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