City Place House, 55 Basinghall Street & City Tower, 40 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5DE
Approved on 14 January 2014
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Non-material amendment to facilities for cyclists, provision of new entrance, three additional roof lights and modifications to the high level walkway to planning permission ref. 11/00630/FULL dated 6 January 2012, amended by minor material amendment ref. 12/00167/FULL dated 19 April 2012.
- Received
- 27 September 2012
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- City of London Corporation
- Ward
- Bassishaw
- ReceivedReceived27 Sep
- ValidatedValidated27 Sep
- Consult.Consultation16 Oct
- TargetTarget Date25 Oct
- DecidedDecided14 Jan
Decided in 474 days (council typically 77)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at City Place House, 55 Basinghall Street & City Tower, 40 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5DE. City of London has handled 194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 474 days, 57 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Bassishaw. We hold 194 applications in total for the EC2V postcode area.
100% of amendment 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
- EC2V 5DE
- Application type
- Non-material Amendments
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Basinghall Street, 55 & 60
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 September 2012
- Consultation expiry
- 16 October 2012
- Consultation start
- 2 October 2012
- Consultation end
- 16 October 2012
- Last date for comments
- 16 October 2012
- Target decision date
- 25 October 2012
- Committee meeting
- 14 May 2013
- Permission expires
- 14 January 2019
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Attn: Hugh Sowerby 100 Pall Mall London SW1Y 5NQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202531 Jul
City Place House - Condition 16
ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/01040/MDC - 20257 Jul
City Place House - Condition 31
ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/00875/MDC - 202513 Jan
Temporary display of three hoarding advertisements along Basinghall Street measuring: 2.44 m high by 14.88 m…
ApprovedAdvertisement consent25/00035/ADVT - 202415 Jan
Submission of details of facilities and methods to accommodate and manage all freight vehicle movements to…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/00037/MDC - 20003 May
Construction of mechanical plant enclosure on roof
ApprovedFull Planning Permission4966T
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