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718 Willoughby House Barbican London EC2Y 8BN

17/00552/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 27 July 2017

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Internal alterations and refurbishment including relocation of the kitchen upstairs to the Penthouse room and installing an additional shower/WC off the living room. Installation of a false ceiling in the living room and bathroom and replacement of internal doors.

Received
1 June 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cripplegate
  1. Received1 Jun
  2. Validated1 Jun
  3. Consult.18 Aug
  4. Target27 Jul
  5. Decided27 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 718 Willoughby House Barbican London EC2Y 8BN. City of London has handled 859 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 3 weeks quicker than City of London's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 8BN
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Barbican

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 June 2017
Consultation expiry
18 August 2017
Consultation start
28 July 2017
Consultation end
18 August 2017
Last date for comments
18 August 2017
Target decision date
27 July 2017
Committee meeting
27 July 2017
Permission expires
27 July 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Attn: Mr Luke Thomson 78/79 Long Lane London EC1A 9RP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 June 2017
Advertisement expiry
4 July 2017
Site notice start
13 June 2017
Site notice end
4 July 2017

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
13

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.

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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