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1 Shaftesbury Place London EC2Y 8AA

20/00986/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 30 March 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Two storey extension to the existing office building at Ferroner's House (138sq.m)

Received
14 December 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Aldersgate
Agent
Smith & Brooke Architects
  1. Received14 Dec
  2. Validated14 Dec
  3. Consult.20 Apr
  4. Target8 Feb
  5. Decided30 Mar

Decided in 106 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 1 Shaftesbury Place London EC2Y 8AA. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 4 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Aldersgate. We hold 387 applications in total for the EC2Y 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
EC2Y 8AA
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 December 2020
Consultation expiry
20 April 2021
Consultation start
23 March 2021
Consultation end
20 April 2021
Neighbour consultation start
4 January 2021
Neighbour consultation end
1 February 2021
Last date for comments
20 April 2021
Target decision date
8 February 2021
Committee meeting
30 March 2021
Permission expires
30 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Smith & Brooke Architects
Agent address
Attn: Miss Garda Massey No 3 Scout Lane London SW4 0LA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 January 2021
Advertisement expiry
2 February 2021
Site notice start
23 December 2020
Site notice end
20 January 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09330165
Documents
17

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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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