Barbican Arts And Conference Centre Silk Street London EC2Y 8DS

12/01211/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 16 April 2013

Council decision: Secretary of State ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

1. Flytower (over stage) refurbishment and upgrade of theatre flying machinery and related structures.2. Flytower: creation of a small inter-level grid floor to enable safe maintenance access to the top of the safety curtain.In all cases works are to be internal and in backstage and/or technical areas not accessible or visible to the public. (DECISION MADE BY SECRETARY OF STATE)

Received: 20 December 2012
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: City of London Corporation
Ward: Cripplegate
Agent: Theatreplan LLP

ReceivedReceived20 Dec
ValidatedValidated20 Dec
Consult.Consultation26 Feb
TargetTarget Date14 Feb
DecidedDecided16 Apr

Decided in 117 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Barbican Arts And Conference Centre Silk Street London EC2Y 8DS. City of London has handled 859 applications of this type. This one was decided in 117 days, 6 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in the Colton conservation area. There have been 10 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.

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 8DS
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Barbican

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 December 2012
Consultation expiry: 5 March 2013
Consultation start: 21 February 2013
Consultation end: 26 February 2013
Last date for comments: 5 March 2013
Target decision date: 14 February 2013
Committee meeting: 21 February 2013
Permission expires: 16 April 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent: Theatreplan LLP
Agent address: Attn: Mr David Ludlam 27 Colonnade London WC1N 1JA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 12 February 2013
Site notice end: 5 March 2013

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-02366345
Documents: 55

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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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