20 Fenchurch Street London EC3

11/00234/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved

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Approved on 1 July 2011

Delegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Application under section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to vary condition 38 of planning permission dated 6th October 2009 (08/01061/FULMAJ) to incorporate minor material amendments for the erection of a 38 storey building comprising Class B1 (office), Class A1 (shop) and Class D1 (non-residential institution) at ground level providing entrance for public access to the skygarden at 35th floor level and above, including roof terrace to be used for uses within Class D1 (non-residential institution) and Class A3/A4 (restaurant and cafe/drinking establishment). Erection of a five storey building for Class A1 (shop), Class A3 (restaurant and cafe) and A4 (drinking establishment) uses, associated servicing facilities, including vehicle lifts to basement and parking for bicycles and motorcycles at levels 2 and 3 and plant at levels 4 and 5 behind screened enclosures and associated works. Construction of two levels of basement for underground parking, servicing, and ancillary plant and storage. Provision of new vehicular access arrangements and reconfiguration of existing servicing arrangements for adjoining properties and other associated works (104,513sq.m).

Received: 5 April 2011
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 9
Council: City of London Corporation
Ward: Bridge And Bridge Without

ReceivedReceived5 Apr
ValidatedValidated11 Apr
Consult.Consultation1 Jul
TargetTarget Date6 Jun
DecidedDecided1 Jul

Decided in 81 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 20 Fenchurch Street London EC3. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 10 days longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 91 applications across Bridge And Bridge Without.

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: Fenchurch Street, 20 (Redev)

Planning application dates

Date validated: 11 April 2011
Consultation expiry: 1 July 2011
Consultation start: 10 June 2011
Consultation end: 1 July 2011
Neighbour consultation start: 15 April 2011
Neighbour consultation end: 6 May 2011
Last date for comments: 1 July 2011
Target decision date: 6 June 2011
Committee meeting: 23 June 2011
Permission expires: 1 July 2014

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent address: Attn: Tom Horne 100 Pall Mall London SW1Y 5NQ

Planning decision

Case officer: Michael Blamires
Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 20 April 2011
Site notice end: 11 May 2011

Additional information

Documents: 250

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: EastcheapPart of the site
Listed building: Grade II*: 33 and 35, Eastcheap Ec3On or next to this site · +3 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.

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