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5 - 10 Great Tower Street London EC3R 5AA

23/01152/FULLFull Planning PermissionPermitted
Full

Proposal

External alterations including a) lowering of cills at ground floor level and b) the replacement of existing windows across all elevations.

Received
20 October 2023
Decided
27 December 2023 · Approved
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Billingsgate
  1. Received20 Oct
  2. Validated20 Oct
  3. Consult.27 Nov
  4. Target15 Dec
  5. Decided27 Dec

Decided in 68 days (council typically 77)

11 weeks typical decision time in City of London98% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application for window replacement at 5 - 10 Great Tower Street London EC3R 5AA. City of London has handled 1,142 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 69 days. This one was decided in 68 days. The site is in 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 23 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Billingsgate. We hold 458 applications in total for the EC3R postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
23/01152/FULL
Address
5 - 10 Great Tower Street London EC3R 5AA
Postcode
EC3R 5AA
Local Authority
City of London
Application Type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Billingsgate

Applicant & Agent

Agent
DP9
Agent Address
Attn: Miss Emma Hardy 100 Pall Mall London SW1Y 5NQ United Kingdom

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
20 October 2023
Consultation Expiry
5 December 2023
Target Decision Date
15 December 2023
Date Decided
27 December 2023
Date Validated
20 October 2023
Date Submitted
20 October 2023
Consultation Start
6 November 2023
Consultation End
27 November 2023
Last Date for Comments
5 December 2023
Committee Meeting
27 December 2023
Permission Expires
27 December 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Approved
Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Last Advertised
14 November 2023
Advertisement Expiry
5 December 2023
Site Notice Start
9 November 2023
Site Notice End
30 November 2023

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12539130
Comments
1
Documents
25
Coordinates
51.509990, -0.082266
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: City of London

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Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    2 Oct

    Submission of an Access Management Plan pursuant to condition 36 of planning permission 23/01254/FULMAJ

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/01347/MDC
  2. 2025
    2 Oct

    Submission of a Hotel Management Strategy pursuant to condition 38 of planning permission 23/01254/FULMAJ

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/01346/MDC
  3. 2025
    15 Sep

    Application for non-material amendment under S96A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) to…

    ApprovedNon-material amendment25/01268/NMA
  4. 2025
    16 Jun

    Submission of Local Training, Skills and Job Brokerage Strategy monitoring information pursuant to the LTSJB…

    ApprovedPlanning Obligations25/00788/PODC
  5. 2025
    29 May

    Submission of details of the position and size of the proposed urban greening, the type of planting, planting…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/00707/MDC
  6. 2025
    19 May

    Installation and display of 2 no. non illuminated awnings with signage measuring 2252mm wide by 1276mm high…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent25/00665/ADVT

Planning constraints

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 2026-10-09. 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.

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