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55 - 56 Aldgate High Street London EC3N 1AL

10/00929/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 3 March 2011

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from education use (D1) to retail (A1) and/or financial and professional services (A2) and/or office (B1) and residential use (entrance/storage) (C3) at ground floor level, 9 residential units at parts 1st, 2nd, 3rd and the whole of the 4th & 5th floors and office (B1) use at part 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors.

Received
23 December 2010
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Portsoken
Agent
JB Planning Associates
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.31 Jan
  4. Target11 Mar
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 48 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 55 - 56 Aldgate High Street London EC3N 1AL. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 7 days quicker than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in the Aldbrough St John conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Portsoken. We hold 461 applications in total for the EC3N postcode area.

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

Postcode
EC3N 1AL
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Aldgate High Street, 55/56

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2011
Consultation expiry
15 February 2011
Consultation start
17 January 2011
Consultation end
31 January 2011
Neighbour consultation start
17 January 2011
Neighbour consultation end
7 February 2011
Last date for comments
15 February 2011
Target decision date
11 March 2011
Committee meeting
3 March 2011
Permission expires
3 March 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
JB Planning Associates
Agent address
Attn: Mr Laurence Quail JB Planning Chells Manor Chells Lane Stevenage SG2 7AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 January 2011
Advertisement expiry
15 February 2011
Site notice start
18 January 2011
Site notice end
8 February 2011

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-01294174
Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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