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Cromwell Tower Barbican London EC2 8EN

14/01018/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 21 July 2015

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Installation of replacement railings and additional handrail to steps.

Received
15 October 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Cripplegate
Agent
Richard Wallis Associates
  1. Received15 Oct
  2. Validated6 Nov
  3. Consult.8 Dec
  4. Target1 Jan
  5. Decided21 Jul

Decided in 257 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Cromwell Tower Barbican London EC2 8EN. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 279 days, 29 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in 8 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Cripplegate. We hold 2 applications in total for the EC2 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
EC2 8EN
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Barbican

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 November 2014
Consultation expiry
9 December 2014
Consultation start
10 November 2014
Consultation end
8 December 2014
Neighbour consultation start
10 November 2014
Neighbour consultation end
1 December 2014
Last date for comments
9 December 2014
Target decision date
1 January 2015
Committee meeting
21 July 2015
Permission expires
21 July 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
Richard Wallis Associates
Agent address
Attn: Richard Wallis Unit 5B 20-30 Wild's Rents London SE1 4QG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 November 2014
Advertisement expiry
9 December 2014
Site notice start
12 November 2014
Site notice end
3 December 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03676191
Documents
20

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2014
    15 Oct

    Installation of replacement railings and additional handrail to steps.

    This applicationApprovedFull14/01018/FULL
  2. 2014
    15 Oct

    Installation of replacement railings and additional handrail to steps (DECISION MADE BY THE SECRETARY OF…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside14/01019/LBC

Source: City of London

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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