City of London School For Girls St Giles' Terrace Barbican London EC2Y 8BB

12/01017/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 30 April 2013

Delegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

(i) Extension at lower ground floor level comprising the infilling of the existing sunken light well (150 sqm) with associated landscaping at ground floor level; (ii) replacement of the existing bridges; (iii) the installation of new balustrading; (iv) the installation of new plant (v) re-alignment of the existing cycle racks. DECISION MADE BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Received: 22 October 2012
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 8
Council: City of London Corporation
Ward: Cripplegate

ReceivedReceived22 Oct
ValidatedValidated11 Dec
Consult.Consultation6 Feb
TargetTarget Date5 Feb
DecidedDecided30 Apr

Decided in 140 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a heritage application for an extension at City of London School For Girls St Giles' Terrace Barbican London EC2Y 8BB. City of London has handled 859 applications of this type. This one was decided in 190 days, 16 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. There have been 12 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Cripplegate. We hold 387 applications in total for the EC2Y postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode: EC2Y 8BB
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Barbican

Planning application dates

Date validated: 11 December 2012
Consultation expiry: 28 May 2013
Consultation start: 7 March 2013
Consultation end: 6 February 2013
Neighbour consultation start: 7 May 2013
Neighbour consultation end: 28 May 2013
Last date for comments: 28 May 2013
Target decision date: 5 February 2013
Committee meeting: 7 March 2013
Permission expires: 30 April 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent: Bisset Adams
Agent address: Attn: Mr Alvaro Fernandez 22 St. James's Walk London EC1R 0AP

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 18 December 2012
Advertisement expiry: 8 January 2013
Site notice start: 10 January 2013
Site notice end: 31 January 2013

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-02243519
Documents: 51

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Barbican and Golden Lane
Listed building: Grade II: BarbicanOn this site · +1 more
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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Associated applications

2012
22 Oct
(i) Extension at lower ground floor level comprising the infilling of the existing sunken light well (150…
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2012
22 Oct
(i) Extension at lower ground floor level comprising the infilling of the existing sunken light well (150…
This applicationApprovedListed building consent12/01017/LBC

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