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36 Great St Helen's London EC3A 6AP

12/00678/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved
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Approved on 26 October 2012

Delegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Change of use from Class B1 offices to Class C1 hotel.

Received
10 July 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Lime Street
Agent
DPA (London) Ltd
  1. Received10 Jul
  2. Validated8 Aug
  3. Consult.19 Sep
  4. Target3 Oct
  5. Decided26 Oct

Decided in 79 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 36 Great St Helen's London EC3A 6AP. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 108 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 have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Lime Street. We hold 292 applications in total for the EC3A 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
EC3A 6AP
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great St Helens, 36/37

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 August 2012
Consultation expiry
5 October 2012
Consultation start
29 August 2012
Consultation end
19 September 2012
Neighbour consultation start
14 September 2012
Neighbour consultation end
5 October 2012
Last date for comments
5 October 2012
Target decision date
3 October 2012
Committee meeting
26 October 2012
Permission expires
26 October 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent
DPA (London) Ltd
Architect profile
DPA (LONDON) LIMITED
Agent address
Attn: Mr Domenico Padalino 3C Brocket Road Hoddesdon Hertfordshire EN11 8NZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 August 2012
Advertisement expiry
11 September 2012
Site notice start
22 August 2012
Site notice end
12 September 2012

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-02050411
Documents
17

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: 46, Bishopsgate Ec2On or next to 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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