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53 Monument Street London EC3R 8BU

12/00487/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 7 November 2012

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of existing office (Class B1) building to provide nine residential apartments (Class C3) with associated alterations to elevations.

Received
22 May 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Billingsgate
  1. Received22 May
  2. Validated12 Sep
  3. Consult.11 Oct
  4. Target7 Nov
  5. Decided7 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 53 Monument Street London EC3R 8BU. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 169 days, 13 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in the Eastcheap conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Billingsgate. We hold 471 applications in total for the EC3R 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
EC3R 8BU
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lovat Ln, 8 9 9 10A 12A 14 21/26 Redev

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 September 2012
Consultation expiry
23 October 2012
Consultation start
20 September 2012
Consultation end
11 October 2012
Neighbour consultation start
20 September 2012
Neighbour consultation end
11 October 2012
Last date for comments
23 October 2012
Target decision date
7 November 2012
Committee meeting
7 November 2012
Permission expires
7 November 2015

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 October 2012
Advertisement expiry
23 October 2012
Site notice start
25 September 2012
Site notice end
16 October 2012

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-01984779
Documents
36

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Eastcheap
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Watermens HallOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • Scheduled monument: Watermen's HallNext to the site
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, 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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  2. 2015
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  3. 2014
    21 Jul

    Details of the replacement windows to ground floor pursuant to condition 5 of planning permission…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions14/00732/MDC
  4. 2014
    24 Jun

    Non-Material Amendment under Section 96A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to planning permission…

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment14/00614/NMA
  5. 2012
    22 May

    Change of use of existing office (Class B1) building to provide nine residential apartments (Class C3) with…

    This applicationApprovedFull12/00487/FULL

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