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Land bounded by Maple Street, Cleveland Mews, Howlands and Cleveland Street, London, W1T 4JZ

Awaiting decision Islington P2026/2432/OBS Observations to Adjoining Borough

Works: Extension Demolition

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Refurbishment including external alterations to the BT Tower; partial demolition, remodelling and extension of the Base (Podium, Howland Building and base of the tower). Change of use of the existing telecommunications buildings (Sui Generis) to a hotel (Use Class C1) with flexible retail/restaurant/ food and beverage uses (Class E), bar (Sui Generis), exhibition/events/entertainment space (Sui Generis) at basement, lower ground and ground floor levels; flexible hotel (Class C1) / exhibition/ events/entertainment space (Sui Generis) at Levels 1-4; and a top of the Tower visitor/events/entertainment experience (Sui Generis). Creation of new external square; terraces; and swimming pool at Level 6. Public realm, landscaping, cycle parking, waste storage and associated works.

As published by the council, reference P2026/2432/OBS

Application record

Reference
P2026/2432/OBS
Type
Observations to Adjoining Borough
Status
Pending As published: VALIDATED
Received
15 Sep 2026
Validated
15 Sep 2026
Postcode
W1T 4JZ

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 15 Sep 2026

    Received by Islington

  2. 29 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 10 November 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Islington took a median of 53 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

What happens while it is decided

This application is with Islington for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Islington's median decision took 53 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About this record

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Nearby applications

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  • British Telecom BT Tower Cleveland Mews London W1T 4JZ

    2013/4812/L 50 yards away

    The installation of 4 microwave dishes; 1 x 0.6m, 1 x 1.2m, 1 x 1.8m and 1 x 2.4m on the existing telecoms tower, along with an internal equipment cabinet and ancillary equipment.

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings

  • British Telecom, BT Tower Cleveland Mews London W1T 4JZ

    2019/5392/P 50 yards away

    Removal of 1 x 0.8m dish antenna; installation of 1 x 2.9m dipole antenna, with associated fixings and tie-backs to a new kingpost; alterations to the internal equipment cabinet.

    Granted Full applications

  • BT Tower Cleveland Mews LONDON W1T 4BG

    2017/2143/P 50 yards away

    The erection of 8 condenser air-conditioning units above the 5th floor flat roof.

    Granted Full applications

  • British Telecom, BT Tower Cleveland Mews London W1T 4JZ

    2019/6077/L 50 yards away

    Removal of 1 x 0.8m dish antenna; installation of 1 x 2.9m dipole antenna, with associated fixings and tie-backs to a new kingpost; alterations to the internal equipment cabinet.

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings

  • BT Tower Cleveland Mews London W1T 4JZ

    2016/5858/L 50 yards away

    Installation of telecommunications apparatus (1 x 0.8m dish antenna, 3 x 2.9m dipole antennas and 1 x GPS antenna along with ancillary equipment and internal cabinet) on the tower at a height of 170m.

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings

  • BT Tower Cleveland Mews London W1T 4JZ

    2016/5847/P 50 yards away

    Installation of telecommunications apparatus (1 x 0.8m dish antenna, 3 x 2.9m dipole antennas and 1 x GPS antenna along with ancillary equipment and internal cabinet) on the tower at a height of 170m.

    Granted Full applications