Devonshire House 3 Bishopsgate Plaza London EC2M 4AJ
Approved on 15 December 2023
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Change of use of area of private land across which the public have access (Sui Gen) to Class E for the setting out of tables, chairs, parasols and banner barriers ancillary to the commercial use of the ground floor premises within the front/western part of Devonshire House.
- Received
- 18 September 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 5
- Council
- City of London Corporation
- Ward
- Bishopsgate
- Agent
- Beamish Planning Consultancy
- ReceivedReceived18 Sep
- ValidatedValidated18 Sep
- Consult.Consultation6 Nov
- TargetTarget Date13 Nov
- DecidedDecided15 Dec
Decided in 88 days (council typically 77)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Devonshire House 3 Bishopsgate Plaza London EC2M 4AJ. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 11 days longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishopsgate conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 92 applications across Bishopsgate. We hold 788 applications in total for the EC2M 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
- EC2M 4AJ
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 September 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 14 November 2023
- Consultation start
- 16 October 2023
- Consultation end
- 6 November 2023
- Last date for comments
- 14 November 2023
- Target decision date
- 13 November 2023
- Committee meeting
- 15 December 2023
- Decision issued
- 18 December 2023
- Permission expires
- 18 December 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Beamish Planning Consultancy
- Agent address
- Attn: Mr. Adam Beamish Apartment 231 River Crescent Waterside Way Nottingham NG2 4RE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 24 October 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 14 November 2023
- Site notice start
- 19 October 2023
- Site notice end
- 9 November 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12465818
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Bishopsgate
- 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 (21)
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, 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.
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