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39 Cornhill, EC3

0746BCFull Planning PermissionApproved
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Approved on 17 March 2003

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from offices (Class B1) to retail (Class A1) at basement, ground and 1st floor level (1000sq.m.)

Received
22 January 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Cornhill
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Mar
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 54 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 39 Cornhill, EC3. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 3 weeks quicker than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in the Bank conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Cornhill.

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
Small
Parish
Cornhill, 38/39

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2003
Consultation expiry
24 February 2003
Target decision date
19 March 2003
Committee meeting
17 March 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent address
14 Devonshire Street, London, W1G 7AE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 February 2003
Advertisement expiry
4 March 2002
Site notice start
3 February 2003
Site notice end
24 February 2003

Additional information

Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bank
  • Listed building: Grade II: 39, Cornhill Ec3On this site · +6 more
  • 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.

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

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