99 Bishopsgate London EC2M 3XD

23/01122/SCOPScoping/Screening OpinionApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 8 March 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

The City of London Corporation has received a request for an EIA Scoping Opinion under regulation 15 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 for the redevelopment of the site known as 99 Bishopsgate. The proposed development comprises demolition of the existing buildings and erection of a new tower (240.5m AOD, 54 storeys excl. basement) and satellite buildings for office (Class E) (circa 97,000sq.m NIA), culture/community, retail and food and beverage uses (Class E) (circa 2000sq.m NIA); 3 basement levels, servicing access, and the provision of new public realm and landscaping and other associated works.

Received: 11 October 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 15
Council: City of London Corporation
Ward: Cornhill

ReceivedReceived11 Oct
ValidatedValidated11 Oct
Consult.Consultation13 Nov
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided8 Mar

Decided in 149 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at 99 Bishopsgate London EC2M 3XD. City of London has handled 95 applications of this type. This one was decided in 149 days, 10 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Cornhill. We hold 788 applications in total for the EC2M postcode area.

93% of outline 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 3XD
Application type: Scoping/Screening Opinion
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 11 October 2023
Consultation expiry: 13 November 2023
Consultation start: 16 October 2023
Consultation end: 13 November 2023
Last date for comments: 13 November 2023
Committee meeting: 8 March 2024
Permission expires: 8 March 2029

Planning decision

Case officer: Amy Williams

Additional information

Documents: 23

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.

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.

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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.

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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: City of London

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