The Broadgate Tower 20 Primrose Street London EC2A 2EW

23/00926/FULMAJFull Major ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 17 December 2024

Delegated (officer decision)33 conditions

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

Proposal

Construction of three-storey extension to existing office building to provide Commercial, Business & Service uses (Class E) with associated roof terrace; hard and soft landscaping works to Broadgate Plaza; provision of cycle storage; and all other works incidental to the development.

Received: 21 August 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 11
Council: City of London Corporation
Ward: Bishopsgate

ReceivedReceived21 Aug
ValidatedValidated21 Aug
Consult.Consultation10 Oct
TargetTarget Date20 Nov
DecidedDecided17 Dec

Decided in 484 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at The Broadgate Tower 20 Primrose Street London EC2A 2EW. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 484 days, 58 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. 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 Major Application
Scale / size: Large

Planning application dates

Date validated: 21 August 2023
Consultation expiry: 10 October 2023
Consultation start: 19 September 2023
Consultation end: 10 October 2023
Last date for comments: 10 October 2023
Target decision date: 20 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent address: Attn: Miss Yasmin Darch 100 Pall Mall London SW1Y 5NQ

Planning decision

Case officer: Alex Thwaites
Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 12 September 2023
Advertisement expiry: 10 October 2023
Site notice start: 14 September 2023
Site notice end: 5 October 2023

Appeal history

3341874

Allowed

Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 21 July 2025Dev Type: Major general industry/storage/warehousingReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12379389
Documents: 88

Site constraints

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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.

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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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