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20-21 Widegate Street London E1 7HP

10/00939/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 10 March 2011

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from office (Class B1) use to provide six self-contained residential units (3 x 1 bedroom, 3 x 2 bedroom) (Class C3) at 1st - 3rd floor level and cafe/restaurant use (Class A3) and retail use (Class A1) at ground floor and basement and associated alterations.

Received
24 December 2010
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Bishopsgate
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated17 Jan
  3. Consult.25 Feb
  4. Target14 Mar
  5. Decided10 Mar

Decided in 52 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 20-21 Widegate Street London E1 7HP. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days. The site is in the Bishopsgate conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 92 applications across Bishopsgate. We hold 2,489 applications in total for the E1 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
E1 7HP
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sandys Row, 2/3

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 January 2011
Consultation expiry
25 February 2011
Consultation start
11 February 2011
Consultation end
25 February 2011
Neighbour consultation start
21 January 2011
Neighbour consultation end
11 February 2011
Last date for comments
25 February 2011
Target decision date
14 March 2011
Committee meeting
10 March 2011
Permission expires
10 March 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
meek asociates
Agent address
Attn: Iain Meek 13 Upper Park Road London NW3 2UN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 February 2011
Advertisement expiry
22 February 2011
Site notice start
26 January 2011
Site notice end
16 February 2011

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-01330627
Documents
38

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 (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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Associated applications

  1. 2011
    5 Apr

    Amendment to planning permission 10/00939/FULL

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment11/00237/NMA
  2. 2010
    24 Dec

    Change of use from office (Class B1) use to provide six self-contained residential units (3 x 1 bedroom, 3 x…

    This applicationApprovedFull10/00939/FULL

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