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Daniel House And Mersey House (Former Daily Telegraph Building) 131 - 141 Fleet Street London EC4A 2BJ

24/00512/MDCSubmission of details (Planning)Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 11 June 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Submission of a full Signage strategy to include full details of design, location, fixing and lighting pursuant to condition 17 of planning permission 22/00508/FULL dated 07/02/2023.

Received
16 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle Baynard
  1. Received
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.18 Jun
  4. Target12 Jul
  5. Decided11 Jun

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Daniel House And Mersey House (Former Daily Telegraph Building) 131 - 141 Fleet Street London EC4A 2BJ. City of London has handled 1,774 applications of this type. The site is in the Fleet Street conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 120 applications across Castle Baynard. We hold 151 applications in total for the EC4A postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
EC4A 2BJ
Application type
Submission of details (Planning)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 May 2024
Consultation expiry
18 June 2024
Consultation start
28 May 2024
Consultation end
18 June 2024
Last date for comments
18 June 2024
Target decision date
12 July 2024
Decision issued
10 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Attn: Mr Max Cartwright One Fitzroy 6 Mortimer Street London W1T 3JJ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Anastasia Tampouridou
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13032597
Comments
0
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Fleet StreetPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Mersey HouseOn this site · +3 more
  • 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 (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

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.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2024
    17 May

    Submission of details of the replacement main entrance to Mersey House, including entrance door; details of…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside24/00511/MDC
  2. 2024
    17 May

    Submission of a full Signage strategy to include full details of design, location, fixing and lighting…

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditions24/00512/MDC

Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    3 Feb

    Submission of details of public art to courtyard and western carriage way pursuant to condition 2 (part x) of…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/00173/LDC
  2. 2025
    30 Oct

    Installation and display of (i) 1no. externally illuminated wrought iron 3D letter sign measuring 2310mm x…

    ApprovedApplication25/01448/ADVT
  3. 2025
    30 Oct

    Installation and display of (i) 1no. externally illuminated wrought iron 3D letter sign measuring 2310mm x…

    ApprovedListed building consent25/01449/LBC
  4. 2025
    21 Oct

    Submission of details of barrel vaulted roof to Mersey House pursuant to condition 2 (part AB) of planning…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/01451/LDC
  5. 2025
    21 Oct

    Submission of details of barrel vaulted roof to Mersey House pursuant to condition 6 (Part Q) of planning…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/01450/MDC
  6. 2025
    20 Oct

    Application under Section 19 of the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 to amend…

    ApprovedListed building consent25/01438/LBC

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