196 Old Street, London, EC1V 9FR
Approved on 26 August 2026
Council decision: Approve with conditions4 conditions
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Proposal
External alterations to the building, including the installation and enlargement of ventilation grilles, replacement of sections of glazing, and the addition of roof-level plant and acoustic louvres, together with associated works.
- Received
- 20 May 2026
- Council
- London Borough of Islington
- Ward
- Bunhill
- ReceivedReceived20 May
- ValidatedValidated5 Jun
- Consult.Consultation4 Jul
- TargetTarget Date1 Sep
- DecidedDecided26 Aug
Decided in 82 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for window replacement at 196 Old Street, London, EC1V 9FR. Islington has handled 1,802 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 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 1,024 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 9FR
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 June 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 4 July 2026
- Consultation end
- 4 July 2026
- Target decision date
- 1 September 2026
- Application expires
- 2 July 2026
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Yusif Yusifzada
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- First advertised
- 11 June 2026
- Site notice start
- 11 June 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14945133
- UPRN
- 5300069752
- Documents
- 33
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bunhill Fields and Finsbury SquareNext to the site
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202611 Sep
Installation of two dry riser inlets at ground floor level, to the Old Street el
PendingApplicationP2026/2400/FUL - 20253 Jul
The proposal comprises the erection of an artistic digital advert display and hoarding on the flank wall of…
WithdrawnAll OtherP2025/1966/MIN - 202320 Oct
Advertisement consent for the display of no.1 LED digital advertisement display.
RefusedAdvertisement consentP2023/3039/ADV
Source: Islington
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