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2 - 4 Idol Lane London EC3R 5DD

13/01223/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 6 May 2014

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of part lower ground and part ground floor levels from office (B1) to a retail/restaurant (A1/A3) use. The addition of two storeys of office (B1) accommodation, a one storey plant room and cycle parking spaces.

Received
24 December 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Billingsgate
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.7 Mar
  4. Target12 Mar
  5. Decided6 May

Decided in 111 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 2 - 4 Idol Lane London EC3R 5DD. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 133 days, 8 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in the Eastcheap conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Billingsgate. We hold 471 applications in total for the EC3R 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
EC3R 5DD
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Eastcheap, 30 & 40

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2014
Consultation expiry
7 March 2014
Consultation start
21 February 2014
Consultation end
7 March 2014
Last date for comments
7 March 2014
Target decision date
12 March 2014
Committee meeting
27 March 2014
Permission expires
6 May 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
Jones Lang LaSalle
Agent address
Attn: Mr Guy Bransby 22 Hanover Square London W1S 1JA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03025367
Documents
70

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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