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120 Thomas More House Barbican London EC2Y 8BU

12/00839/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 28 September 2012

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Alterations to the kitchen and living room including the removal of partition walls to make the kitchen open plan. The installation of a suspended false ceiling to allow for inset spot lighting.

Received
21 August 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Aldersgate
  1. Received21 Aug
  2. Validated21 Aug
  3. Consult.18 Sep
  4. Target16 Oct
  5. Decided28 Sep

Decided in 38 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 120 Thomas More House Barbican London EC2Y 8BU. City of London has handled 859 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 6 weeks quicker than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Aldersgate. We hold 387 applications in total for the EC2Y postcode area.

100% of heritage 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
EC2Y 8BU
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Barbican

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 August 2012
Consultation expiry
25 September 2012
Consultation start
28 August 2012
Consultation end
18 September 2012
Last date for comments
25 September 2012
Target decision date
16 October 2012
Committee meeting
28 September 2012
Permission expires
28 September 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Attn: Mr Luke Thomson Hornbeam House Wood End Nr. Ardeley, Herts SG2 7BD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
4 September 2012
Advertisement expiry
25 September 2012
Site notice start
3 September 2012
Site notice end
24 September 2012

Additional information

Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Barbican and Golden Lane
  • Listed building: BarbicanOn or next to this site
  • Registered park and garden: The Barbican
  • 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, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: City of London

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