®Planning appeal decision
Telephone Box Outside 71 Upper Street, London, N1 0NY
Planning appeal 6008275 at Telephone Box Outside 71 Upper Street, London, N1 0NY (London Borough of Islington) was dismissed on 22 September 2026 by Inspector M Cryan, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the submitted details could be approved (having regard to the question of whether or not the original permission is still extant) and, if so, whether they should be.
Change of use of one No. telephone kiosk to 1no. retail unit
- Authority
- London Borough of Islington
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- retail
- Inspector
- M Cryan
- Postcode
- N1 0NY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the submitted details could be approved (having regard to the question of whether or not the original permission is still extant) and, if so, whether they should be
What decided it
On the balance of the evidence, the original permission had not been implemented within the necessary three-year timeframe, so the submitted details could not be approved.
The decision letter
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