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Planning application documents: what to read first
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Application overview
Internally illuminated sequential advertisement capable of static and dynamic content display with automatic rotation of images.
Proposal details
- Reference
- P2026/1868/ADV
- Alternative references
- PP-15083190
- Ward
- Bunhill
- Agent
- Martin STEPHENS
- UPRN
- 10094610026
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Application Form - Without Personal DataApplication Form | 14 Jul 2026 | View |
| Shelter SpecificationsDrawing Submission | 14 Jul 2026 | View |
| TfL Cover LetterSupporting Documentation | 14 Jul 2026 | View |
| JCD Cover LetterSupporting Documentation | 14 Jul 2026 | View |
| Drawings PackDrawing Submission | 14 Jul 2026 | View |
| Previous Advert ConsentSupporting Documentation | 14 Jul 2026 | View |
| Sustainable Design and Construction StatementSupporting Documentation | 14 Jul 2026 | View |
| delegated reportDelegated Report | 24 Aug 2026 | View |
| DN FINALDecision Notice | 24 Aug 2026 | View |
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Application timeline
Council milestones and published deadlines. A deadline passing does not confirm a decision.
Consultation expiry date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceStatutory expiry date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourcePublicity end date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceSite notice end date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceDecision due date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council source
Decision & conditions
DN FINALPlanning 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 of the advertisement displays hereby approved shall not exceed a maximum steady brightness of 2,500 candelas per square metre during daylight hours and 300 candelas per square metre during hours of darkness. REASON: In the interests of visual amenity and highway safety
- ANIMATION (COMPLIANCE): The advertisement screens hereby approved shall not display any animated or video content unless it is below the VAMM maximum threshold. REASON: In the interests of visual amenity and highway safety.
- SPECIAL EFFECTS (COMPLIANCE): No music, smoke or sound shall be emitted from the advertisements. REASON: In the interests of visual amenity and highway safety.
- 0119/0077 London Borough of Islington Shelter Advertising Proposed Bus Shelter OS No. 10 FINSBURY SQUARE, London, EC2A 1AJ SITE PLAN & IMAGES; APPENDIX A TRANSPORT FOR LONDON Shelter Advertising Proposal TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION; Sustainable Design and Construction Statement; RE: Condition Variation of an Advertisement Consent at an Existing Bus Shelter.
- 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.
