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The Broadgate Tower 20 Primrose Street London EC2A 2EW

23/00680/FULLFull Planning PermissionWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 9 October 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Installation of 2 air source heat pumps on roof at first floor level

Received
28 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bishopsgate
  1. Received28 Jun
  2. Validated28 Jun
  3. Consult.10 Aug
  4. Target23 Aug
  5. Decided9 Oct

Decided in 103 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Broadgate Tower 20 Primrose Street London EC2A 2EW. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 103 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There have been 17 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 92 applications across Bishopsgate. We hold 1,206 applications in total for the EC2A 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
EC2A 2EW
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 June 2023
Consultation expiry
10 August 2023
Consultation start
27 July 2023
Consultation end
10 August 2023
Last date for comments
10 August 2023
Target decision date
23 August 2023
Permission expires
9 October 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12272793
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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 2026-11-03. 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.

Planning history at this site

18 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    18 Aug

    Submission of Lighting Strategy Report pursuant to discharge of condition 24 of planning permission…

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/01186/MDC
  2. 2025
    31 Mar

    Submission of the Local Training, Skills and Job Brokerage Strategy pursuant to Schedule 3 Paragraph 3.2 of…

    ApprovedPlanning Obligations25/00446/PODC
  3. 2025
    11 Mar

    Non-Material Amendment under S96A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) to Planning…

    ApprovedNon-material amendment25/00334/NMA
  4. 2025
    7 Feb

    Submission of the Public Realm Specification pursuant to Schedule 3 Paragraph 10.2 of the S106 Agreement…

    ApprovedPlanning Obligations25/00220/PODC
  5. 2025
    7 Feb

    Submission of the Highway Schedule of Condition pursuant to Schedule 3 Paragraph 6.1 of the S106 Agreement…

    ApprovedPlanning Obligations25/00221/PODC
  6. 2025
    7 Feb

    Submission of the Local Procurement Strategy pursuant to Schedule 3 Paragraphs 2.1.1 and 2.1.2 of the S106…

    ApprovedPlanning Obligations25/00219/PODC

Source: City of London

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