16-18 Finsbury Circus & 18-31 Eldon Street, EC2
Approved on 12 February 2004
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Redevelopment of site incorporating partial demolition and alterations to 16-18 Finsbury Circus and 26-31 Eldon Street. Erection of new office building at 18-25 Eldon Street, including sub basement, basement, ground and 6 upper floors, with retail uses (A1/A3) at ground and mezzanine levels and retail or offices (A1/A3/B1) at basement level (25,476sqm offices, 1336sq.m. retail, 442sq.m. Retail/offices, total 27,254sq.m.)
- Received
- 8 September 2003
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- City of London Corporation
- Ward
- Coleman Street
- ReceivedReceived8 Sep
- ValidatedValidated8 Sep
- Consult.Consultation5 Mar
- TargetTarget Date3 Nov
- DecidedDecided12 Feb
Decided in 157 days (council typically 77)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at 16-18 Finsbury Circus & 18-31 Eldon Street, EC2. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 157 days, 11 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in the Finsbury Circus conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Coleman Street.
98% of full applications at City of London Corporation were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 11 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Eldon St, 18/31
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 September 2003
- Consultation expiry
- 5 March 2004
- Consultation start
- 13 February 2004
- Consultation end
- 5 March 2004
- Last date for comments
- 5 March 2004
- Target decision date
- 3 November 2003
- Committee meeting
- 12 February 2004
- Permission expires
- 12 February 2009
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Architect profile
- ROLFE JUDD PLANNING LIMITED
- Agent address
- Attn: Jan Lewis, Old Church Court, Claylands Road, London, SW8 1NZ
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Rob Chipperfield
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 7 October 2003
- Advertisement expiry
- 28 October 2003
- Site notice start
- 8 October 2003
- Site notice end
- 29 October 2003
Additional information
- Documents
- 102
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Finsbury Circus
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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