5 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1LG

23/00335/MDCSubmission of details (Planning)Approved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 31 August 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Submission of details pursuant to Condition 3 (Pre-demolition Audit) and Condition 6 (NRMM Registration) of planning permission ref 20/00546/FULMAJ dated 16 Sept 2021.

Received: 30 March 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: City of London Corporation
Ward: Farringdon Without
Agent: Rapleys LLP

ReceivedReceived30 Mar
ValidatedValidated30 Mar
Consult.Consultation28 Apr
TargetTarget Date25 May
DecidedDecided31 Aug

Decided in 154 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at 5 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1LG. City of London has handled 1,774 applications of this type. This one was decided in 154 days, 11 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in the Chancery Lane conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across Farringdon Without. We hold 131 applications in total for the WC2A postcode area.

100% of conditions 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: WC2A 1LG
Application type: Submission of details (Planning)
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 30 March 2023
Consultation expiry: 28 April 2023
Consultation start: 14 April 2023
Consultation end: 28 April 2023
Last date for comments: 28 April 2023
Target decision date: 25 May 2023
Committee meeting: 31 August 2023
Permission expires: 31 August 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: Rapleys LLP
Agent address: Attn: Mr Kieran Rushe 66 St James?s Street London SW1A 1NE United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12056197
Documents: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Conservation area: Chancery Lane
Brownfield land register: 122 - 126 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1PPRegister site at or near this address
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 (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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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.

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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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10 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: City of London

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