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9A - 9B Crutched Friars London EC3N 2AU

23/00895/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 10 May 2024

Planning committee

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

Proposal

Change of use of Arches 9A and 9B to Class E (Commercial, Business and Services), and Sui Generis drinking establishment, drinking establishments with expanded food provision, along with external alterations, front and rear facade treatments and associated works.

Received
15 August 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
48
Ward
Tower
Agent
Rapleys LLP
  1. Received15 Aug
  2. Validated15 Aug
  3. Consult.8 Sep
  4. Target10 Oct
  5. Decided10 May

Decided in 269 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 9A - 9B Crutched Friars London EC3N 2AU. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 269 days, 27 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 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 2AU
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 August 2023
Consultation expiry
24 January 2024
Consultation start
18 August 2023
Consultation end
8 September 2023
Neighbour consultation start
15 April 2024
Neighbour consultation end
24 January 2024
Last date for comments
24 January 2024
Target decision date
10 October 2023
Committee meeting
30 April 2024
Permission expires
10 May 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Rapleys LLP
Agent address
Attn: Mr Abraham Laker 66 St James's Street London SW1A 1NE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 August 2023
Advertisement expiry
19 September 2023
Site notice start
14 September 2023
Site notice end
12 October 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12313687
Documents
30

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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, 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

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© 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.

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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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