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Flat 3A 12 Trinity Square London EC3N 4AL

19/00763/FULLFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 22 October 2019

Planning committee

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

Proposal

Change of use from residential (Class C3) to short-term let accommodation (periods of less than 90 consecutive nights) (Class C3) (83sq.m).

Received
23 July 2019
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
10
Ward
Tower
  1. Received23 Jul
  2. Validated25 Jul
  3. Consult.12 Aug
  4. Target19 Sep
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 89 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Flat 3A 12 Trinity Square London EC3N 4AL. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 2 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in the Trinity Square conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 152 applications across Tower. We hold 461 applications in total for the EC3N 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
EC3N 4AL
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 July 2019
Consultation expiry
27 August 2019
Consultation start
29 July 2019
Consultation end
12 August 2019
Neighbour consultation start
9 October 2019
Neighbour consultation end
19 August 2019
Last date for comments
27 August 2019
Target decision date
19 September 2019
Committee meeting
22 October 2019
Decision issued
23 October 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 August 2019
Advertisement expiry
27 August 2019
Site notice start
31 July 2019
Site notice end
21 August 2019

Appeal

Appeal reference
19/00009/REF
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08025714
Documents
16

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: Trinity Square
  • 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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