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5 - 10 Great Tower Street London EC3R 5AA

18/00424/FULLFull Planning PermissionPermitted
Full

Proposal

Installation of fifteen air conditioning condenser units at roof level.

Received
1 May 2018
Decided
20 December 2018 · Approved
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Billingsgate
  1. Received1 May
  2. Validated1 May
  3. Consult.18 May
  4. Target26 Jun
  5. Decided20 Dec

Decided in 233 days (council typically 77)

11 weeks typical decision time in City of London98% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application at 5 - 10 Great Tower Street London EC3R 5AA. City of London has handled 1,142 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 69 days. This one was decided in 233 days, 23 weeks longer than City of London's median. The site is in 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 23 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Billingsgate. We hold 458 applications in total for the EC3R postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
18/00424/FULL
Address
5 - 10 Great Tower Street London EC3R 5AA
Postcode
EC3R 5AA
Local Authority
City of London
Application Type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Billingsgate
Parish
Great Tower Street, 5/10

Applicant & Agent

Agent
Oswick Ltd
Architect ProfileOSWICK LTD
Agent Address
Attn: Mr Philip Woolston 5-7 Head Street Halstead CO9 2AT

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
1 May 2018
Consultation Expiry
5 June 2018
Target Decision Date
26 June 2018
Date Decided
20 December 2018
Date Validated
1 May 2018
Date Submitted
1 May 2018
Consultation Start
4 May 2018
Consultation End
18 May 2018
Last Date for Comments
5 June 2018
Committee Meeting
20 December 2018
Permission Expires
20 December 2021

Planning Decision

Decision
Approved
Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Last Advertised
15 May 2018
Advertisement Expiry
5 June 2018
Site Notice Start
9 May 2018
Site Notice End
30 May 2018

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06938345
Comments
1
Documents
14
Coordinates
51.509990, -0.082266
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: City of London

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Associated applications

  1. 2019
    10 Oct

    Submission of a Plant Noise Commissioning Report pursuant to condition 2 of planning permission dated…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions19/01072/MDC
  2. 2018
    1 May

    Installation of fifteen air conditioning condenser units at roof level.

    This applicationApprovedFull18/00424/FULL

Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    2 Oct

    Submission of an Access Management Plan pursuant to condition 36 of planning permission 23/01254/FULMAJ

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/01347/MDC
  2. 2025
    2 Oct

    Submission of a Hotel Management Strategy pursuant to condition 38 of planning permission 23/01254/FULMAJ

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/01346/MDC
  3. 2025
    15 Sep

    Application for non-material amendment under S96A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) to…

    ApprovedNon-material amendment25/01268/NMA
  4. 2025
    16 Jun

    Submission of Local Training, Skills and Job Brokerage Strategy monitoring information pursuant to the LTSJB…

    ApprovedPlanning Obligations25/00788/PODC
  5. 2025
    29 May

    Submission of details of the position and size of the proposed urban greening, the type of planting, planting…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/00707/MDC
  6. 2025
    19 May

    Installation and display of 2 no. non illuminated awnings with signage measuring 2252mm wide by 1276mm high…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent25/00665/ADVT

Planning constraints

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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 2026-10-09. 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.

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