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Pavement O/s 19 - 21 Great Tower Street London EC3R 5AR

21/01062/FULLFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Proposal

Proposed installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 75" LCD advert screens plus the removal of associated BT kiosk(s).

Received
7 December 2021
Decided
24 May 2022 · Refused
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Tower
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received7 Dec
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.18 Feb
  4. Target16 Mar
  5. Decided24 May

Decided in 125 days (council typically 77)

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

This is a full planning application at Pavement O/s 19 - 21 Great Tower Street London EC3R 5AR. 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 168 days, 14 weeks longer than City of London's median. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 147 applications across Tower. We hold 458 applications in total for the EC3R postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
21/01062/FULL
Address
Pavement O/s 19 - 21 Great Tower Street London EC3R 5AR
Postcode
EC3R 5AR
Local Authority
City of London
Application Type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Rejected
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Tower

Applicant & Agent

Agent
Mono Consultants Ltd
Agent Address
Attn: Mr Kwasi Boama Steam Packet House 76 Cross Street Manchester M2 4JG

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
7 December 2021
Consultation Expiry
3 March 2022
Target Decision Date
16 March 2022
Date Decided
24 May 2022
Date Validated
19 January 2022
Date Submitted
7 December 2021
Consultation Start
28 January 2022
Consultation End
18 February 2022
Last Date for Comments
3 March 2022
Committee Meeting
24 May 2022

Planning Decision

Decision
Refused
Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Site Notice Start
3 February 2022
Site Notice End
3 March 2022

Appeal

Appeal Reference
22/00018/REF
Appeal Status
Appeal decided
Appeal Result
Appeal Dismissed

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10424326
Comments
2
Documents
15
Coordinates
51.510895, -0.081003
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Appeal History

3301243
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 20 November 2023Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Source: City of London

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Associated applications

  1. 2021
    7 Dec

    Proposed installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 75" LCD advert screens plus the removal of…

    This applicationRefusedFull21/01062/FULL
  2. 2021
    7 Dec

    Installation of 2no. digital 75" LCD display screens, one on each side of the Street Hub unit.

    RefusedAdvertisement consentFiled alongside21/01063/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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