Pavement Opposite 142 Old Street London, EC1V 9BS Data via plota.co.uk

P2025/3511/ADV - Advertisement Consent Allowed on appeal

Proposal

Proposed installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub incorporating 75' LCD advert screens plus the removal of associated call box. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
22 Dec 2025
✓
Validated
2 Jan 2026
✓
Consultation
8 Jan 2026
✗
Refused
11 Feb 2026
✓
Appeal allowed
15 Sept 2026

Refused on 11 Feb 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 5 Oct 2026

Site constraints 11

Archaeological priority area
An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.
The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.
Air quality management area: Islington AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Central activities zone
The core of central London in the London Plan.
Offices, culture and the other strategic functions of the centre take priority over new housing here.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1370 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel; Conservation area about 51 m away: St Luke's; 4 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Registered park or garden about 187 m away: Bunhill Fields Burial Ground; Heritage at risk about 51 m away: St Lukes; Inside the Islington built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6a (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Designated open space about 45 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Islington
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Postcode
EC1V 9BS
Received
22 Dec 2025
Validated
2 Jan 2026
Case officer
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Target decision
15 Feb 2026
Decision
Refusal of permission
Decision date
11 Feb 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Appeal
Allowed · 15 Sept 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6007794 ↗
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 40 days from validation, 11 days faster than Islington's median of 51 for signs and adverts. Approved, as 73% of signs and adverts here are.

66%decided within 8 weeks
73%approved
188decided in the last year

Plota live figures for signs and adverts decided by Islington in the last twelve months, from validation. Islington decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14554889_C
Comments by
31 Jan 2026
Site or press notice
8 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
13 May 2026
Islington
Planning Authority Score
2.9/10
Poor
#237 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Islington is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #260 out of 296. 53% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Islington decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #132 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #130 of 296
43%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #260 of 296
53%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #241 of 296
89%
Minor dwellings approved
499 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
1 decided (10+ homes)
89%
Change of use approved
19 decided
1,488
Total decisions
167 refused in the year to March 2026