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48 Bishopsgate London EC2N 4AJ

12/00340/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 26 July 2012

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from offices (Class B1) use to provide a four bedroom apart-hotel (Class C1) use at first, second, third, fourth and fifth floor levels [246sq.m. GIA]. Alterations to rear facade.

Received
10 April 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Lime Street
  1. Received10 Apr
  2. Validated11 Apr
  3. Consult.30 Apr
  4. Target6 Jun
  5. Decided26 Jul

Decided in 106 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 48 Bishopsgate London EC2N 4AJ. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 107 days, 4 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in the St Helen's Place conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Lime Street. We hold 177 applications in total for the EC2N 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
EC2N 4AJ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishopsgate, 46/50

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 April 2012
Consultation expiry
15 May 2012
Consultation start
16 April 2012
Consultation end
30 April 2012
Neighbour consultation start
16 April 2012
Neighbour consultation end
7 May 2012
Last date for comments
15 May 2012
Target decision date
6 June 2012
Committee meeting
26 July 2012
Permission expires
26 July 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent
Child Graddon Lewis
Architect profile
CHILD GRADDON LEWIS LIMITED
Agent address
Attn: Mr Mark Jeffery Studio 1 155 Commercial Street London E1 6BJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 April 2012
Advertisement expiry
15 May 2012
Site notice start
19 April 2012
Site notice end
10 May 2012

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-01901693
Documents
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St Helen's Place
  • Listed building: Grade II: 48, Bishopsgate Ec2On this site · +1 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2012
    10 Apr

    Change of use from offices (Class B1) use to provide a four bedroom apart-hotel (Class C1) use at first…

    This applicationApprovedFull12/00340/FULL
  2. 2012
    10 Apr

    Internal and external alterations to enable use as an apart-hotel (Class C1) at first, second, third, fourth…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside12/00341/LBC

Source: City of London

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