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The Guild Church of St Margaret Pattens Eastcheap London EC3M 1HS

17/01296/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 15 February 2018

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of part of the gallery level within the church from a community room (Class D1) to office (Class B1) use (36sq.m).

Received
21 December 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Billingsgate
  1. Received21 Dec
  2. Validated21 Dec
  3. Consult.7 Feb
  4. Target15 Feb
  5. Decided15 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Guild Church of St Margaret Pattens Eastcheap London EC3M 1HS. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 3 weeks quicker than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in the Eastcheap conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Billingsgate. We hold 546 applications in total for the EC3M 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
EC3M 1HS
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Rood Lane, St Margaret Pattens Church

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 December 2017
Consultation expiry
8 February 2018
Consultation start
17 January 2018
Consultation end
7 February 2018
Last date for comments
8 February 2018
Target decision date
15 February 2018
Committee meeting
15 February 2018
Permission expires
15 February 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
18 January 2018
Site notice end
8 February 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06625026
Documents
14

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.

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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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