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Basement, 138-140 Old Street, London, EC1V 9BJ

Refused Islington P2021/1732/COLP Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)

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
FINAL DECISION
Decision
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

  1. 14 Jun 2021

    Received by Islington

  2. 9 Aug 2021

    Decision issued: Refusal of permission

  3. 18 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

8 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Islington refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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