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Planning application documents: what to read first
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Application overview
Display of internally illuminated sequential advertisements in a bus shelter (capable of static and dynamic content display with automatic rotation of images).
Proposal details
- Reference
- P2025/3297/ADV
- Alternative references
- PP-14454944
- Ward
- Arsenal
- Agent
- Mr Martin Stepens
- UPRN
- MAN000000003854675
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Application Form - Without Personal DataApplication Form | 21 Nov 2025 | View |
| Shelter SpecificationDrawing Submission | 21 Nov 2025 | View |
| Suggested ConditionsSupporting Documentation | 21 Nov 2025 | View |
| Existing and proposed elevationsDrawing Submission | 21 Nov 2025 | View |
| TfL Supporting LetterSupporting Documentation | 21 Nov 2025 | View |
| Covering letterSupporting Documentation | 21 Nov 2025 | View |
| Sustainable Design and Construction StatementSupporting Documentation | 21 Nov 2025 | View |
| Site Plan and ImagesDrawing Submission | 21 Nov 2025 | View |
| Delegated ReportDelegated Report | 16 Jul 2026 | View |
| Delegated ReportDelegated Report | 16 Jul 2026 | View |
| Decision NoticeDecision Notice | 16 Jul 2026 | View |
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Decision & conditions
Decision NoticePlanning conditions
- STANDARD ADVERTISEMENT CONDITION (COMPLIANCE): Any advertisement displayed and any site used for the display of advertisements, shall be maintained in a clean and tidy condition to the reasonable satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority. Any structure or hoarding erected or used principally for the purpose of displaying advertisements shall be maintained in a safe condition. Where an advertisement is required under these Regulations to be removed, the removal shall be carried out to the reasonable satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority.No advertisement is to be displayed without permission of the owner of the site or any other people with an interest in the site entitled to grant permission. No advertisement shall be sited or displayed so as to obscure, or hinder the ready interpretation of any road traffic sign, railway signal or aid to navigation by water or air, or so as otherwise to render hazardous the use of any highway, railway, waterway (including any coastal waters) or aerodrome (civil or military).
- ADVERTISEMENT ILLUMINATION INTENSITY (COMPLIANCE): The illumination levels of the displays shall be capped by an automatic brightness control system to ensure that luminance does not exceed 600 candelas per square metre during the day and 300 candelas per square metre at night, adjusting in real time to ambient lighting conditions. This system shall be operational at all times. REASON: In the interests of visual amenity and highway safety.
- DISPLAY TIME (COMPLIANCE): The minimum display time for each piece of content on the digital display screens shall be 10 seconds. The interval between each piece of content on the digital display screens shall take place over a period no greater than one second. The complete screen shall change with no visual effects between displays, and the display shall include a mechanism to freeze the image in the event of a malfunction. REASON: In the interests of visual amenity and highway safety.
- NO SPECIAL EFFECTS (COMPLIANCE): The digital display screens shall be limited to static images only. No movement, animation, flashing, scrolling, three-dimensional, intermittent or video effects shall be displayed. REASON: In the interests of visual amenity and highway safety.
- HIGHWAYS: All vehicles associated with the installation and maintenance of the adverts must only park/ stop at permitted locations and within the time periods permitted by existing on-street restrictions. The footway and carriage of Holloway Road should not be blocked during the installation works and any temporary obstructions should be kept to a minimum and should not encroach on the clear space needed to provide safe passage for pedestrians, obstruct the flow of traffic on Holloway Road Road or obstruct waiting bus passengers or bus services.
- ‘London Borough of Islington Shelter Advertising Proposal Shelter opposite Brockway House, Holloway Road N7 8HF SITE PLAN & IMAGES’; Shelter Advertising Proposal TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION; A02310/01 Type A (Existing and Proposed Elevations); Cover Letter ‘Advertisement Consent at an Existing Bus Shelter’ dated 31 October 2025; Sustainable Design and Construction Statement dated 31 October 2025.
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