Is having your hob on an island a really terrible idea?

[IShouldBeSoLurky]

I know this has been done before, but please indulge me!

We are planning a kitchen-diner extension, avec island. Partly because the layout of the room makes it difficult to put the hob elsewhere (I want a floor-to-ceiling run of units + oven on one wall and there is a window on the other) and partly because I like the idea of being more sociable while cooking, I want the hob (induction) on the island. Island will hopefully be quite deep and we have no DC so I'm not particularly worried about safety, but I am worried about fat splashing on to the floor behind it and being annoying to clean.

Any thoughts?

The thing about an induction hob it's just a flat plate of glass when not in use. Gas hob (like we have ) sticks up. Also induction cools down quickly. I like gas too but if an induction hob had been here I would not have changed it. Tk maxx have lots of good quality induction cookware.