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Pavement O/s 166 Clapham Road London SW9 0LA

25/03871/FULFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 11 March 2026

2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Removal of the existing telephone kiosks and installation of a new Street Hub unit, including the display of two internally illuminated digital LCD screens (associated advertisement consent: 25/03872/ADV)

Received
15 December 2025
Ward
Oval
  1. Received15 Dec
  2. Validated8 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Mar
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 62 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for signage at Pavement O/s 166 Clapham Road London SW9 0LA. Lambeth has handled 398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 4 weeks longer than Lambeth's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Oval. We hold 1,813 applications in total for the SW9 postcode area.

70% of full applications at London Borough of Lambeth were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed Street Hub, including digital advertising, would introduce a visually intrusive and incongruous feature within the setting of the Albert Square and Stockwell Park Conservation Areas and nearby listed buildings. The development would result in less than substantial harm to designated and non designated heritage assets, with no public benefits demonstrated to outweigh this harm. Insufficient evidence has been London planning@lambeth.gov.uk SW2 9QQ provided to show that the removal of existing BT kiosks would maintain adequate public telephony coverage.
  2. The proposed advertisement and Communications Hub would introduce unnecessary street furniture in a constrained section of Clapham Road adjacent to a 24 hour bus lane and the CS7 cycle route, creating driver and cyclist distraction and posing an unacceptable highway safety risk. The structure would also narrow the effective footway and obstruct pedestrian movement, including for visually impaired users. Insufficient information has been provided on installation, maintenance or the removal of existing kiosks to demonstrate that works could occur without breaching bus lane restrictions or harming the public realm. The proposal is therefore contrary to London Plan Policies T4, D3, D8, Local Plan Policy T9 and the objectives of Vision Zero.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SW9 0LA
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 January 2026
Target decision date
5 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mitie
Agent address
TSOC, Pacific House Atlas Park, Simonsway Wythenshawe Manchester M22 5PR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
11
Constraints
5

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: Albert Square
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    15 Dec

    Removal of the existing telephone kiosks and installation of a new Street Hub unit, including the display of…

    This applicationRefusedAdvertisement consent25/03871/FUL
  2. 2025
    15 Dec

    Installation of a new Street Hub unit, including the display of two internally illuminated digital LCD…

    RefusedAdvertisement consentPart of25/03872/ADV

Source: Lambeth

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

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