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2, 3 & 5 Philpot Lane London EC3

12/00575/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 6 December 2012

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Refurbishment, extension and change of use to hotel (class C1) (36 bedrooms) and retention of existing retail floorspace. Works to the existing building to include new roof extensions at fourth floor level, new louvred plant enclosure and roof access above, new glazed stairwell link, new retail shopfronts on Philpot Lane, internal alterations and demolition, replacement windows, provision of refuse storage and cycle parking and other works incidental to the development.

Received
11 June 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Bridge And Bridge Without
  1. Received11 Jun
  2. Validated20 Jul
  3. Consult.15 Aug
  4. Target14 Sep
  5. Decided6 Dec

Decided in 139 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 2, 3 & 5 Philpot Lane London EC3. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 178 days, 14 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in the Eastcheap conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 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
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 July 2012
Consultation expiry
29 August 2012
Consultation start
25 July 2012
Consultation end
15 August 2012
Neighbour consultation start
25 July 2012
Neighbour consultation end
15 August 2012
Last date for comments
29 August 2012
Target decision date
14 September 2012
Committee meeting
6 December 2012
Permission expires
6 December 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Attn: Mr Luke Emmerton 100 Pall Mall London SW1Y 5NQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 August 2012
Advertisement expiry
28 August 2012
Site notice start
8 August 2012
Site notice end
29 August 2012

Additional information

Documents
98

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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  3. 2014
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  4. 2014
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  5. 2014
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  6. 2014
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  7. 2014
    10 Mar

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  8. 2013
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  9. 2013
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  10. 2013
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  11. 2013
    28 Jan

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  12. 2013
    24 Jan

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  13. 2013
    15 Jan

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  14. 2012
    11 Jun

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  15. 2012
    11 Jun

    Refurbishment and extension to provide a hotel (class C1) with 36 bedrooms. Works to include roof extensions…

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