Planning application
Basement, 138-140 Old Street, London, EC1V 9BJ
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for a Data Centre (B8) to include the fitting out of the basement with data centre machinery
As published by the council, reference P2021/1732/COLP
Application record
- Reference
- P2021/1732/COLP
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)
- Status
- Refused As published: FINAL DECISION
- Decision
- Refused As published: Refusal of permission
- Received
- 14 Jun 2021
- Validated
- 14 Jun 2021
- Decided
- 9 Aug 2021
- Ward
- Bunhill
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- EC1V 9BJ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Jun 2021
Received by Islington
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9 Aug 2021
Decision issued: Refusal of permission
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18 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
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