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63 St Mary's Axe London EC3A 8AA

2025/1170/PRequest for Observations to Adjoining BoroughWithdrawn

Withdrawn on 10 September 2025

Council decision: Withdrawn DecisionWithdrawn-Council

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Demolition of the existing buildings (with part retention of the existing basement and foundations) and the construction of a new building of ground plus 45 storeys (with basements) for use as offices (Class E (g)), flexible commercial and cultural uses (Use Classes E (a/b/c), F1, F2), multi-functional spaces (sui generis) and a public lavatory (sui generis); the creation of a series of external walkways and terraces at the lower levels; public realm and highways works; the excavation and re-landscaping of the former churchyard of St Augustine Papey; the excavation and provision of visual access to the remains of the Roman Wall; ancillary plant, servicing and parking and all associated works with the proposed development. This application is accompanied by an Environmental Statement which is available for inspection with the planning application. Electronic copies of the ES can also be issued by Trium Environmental Consulting LLP

Received
17 March 2025
Decision level
Withdrawn-Council
Ward
Holborn and Covent Garden
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated20 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Sep

Decided in 174 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at 63 St Mary's Axe London EC3A 8AA. Camden has handled 11,545 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 177 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 338 applications across Holborn and Covent Garden. We hold 291 applications in total for the EC3A postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
EC3A 8AA
Application type
Request for Observations to Adjoining Borough
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 March 2025

Additional information

Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Camden

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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