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Retail Unit 2 20 Eastcheap London EC3M 1EB

18/01138/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 2 April 2019

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

(i) Change of use from shop (Class A1) to a mixed use (Sui Generis) (shop/drinking establishment) (total floorspace: 339sq.m); (ii) alterations to the existing shopfront including replacement corner entrance doors and new entrance door and windows to Eastcheap.

Received
25 October 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Ward
Billingsgate
  1. Received25 Oct
  2. Validated25 Oct
  3. Consult.23 Nov
  4. Target20 Dec
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 159 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Retail Unit 2 20 Eastcheap London EC3M 1EB. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 159 days, 12 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in the Eastcheap conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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 1EB
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Eastcheap, 20

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 October 2018
Consultation expiry
4 December 2018
Consultation start
2 November 2018
Consultation end
23 November 2018
Neighbour consultation start
2 November 2018
Neighbour consultation end
23 November 2018
Last date for comments
4 December 2018
Target decision date
20 December 2018
Committee meeting
2 April 2019
Permission expires
2 April 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
child graddon lewis
Architect profile
CHILD GRADDON LEWIS LIMITED
Agent address
Attn: Miss Emily Fitch Studio 1 155 Commercial Street Spitalfields E1 6BJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 November 2018
Advertisement expiry
4 December 2018
Site notice start
7 November 2018
Site notice end
28 November 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07280817
Documents
40

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: Eastcheap
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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 2026-11-03. 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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