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Furnival Chambers 32 Furnival Street London EC4A 1JQ

24/00518/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 6 May 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from offices to short term let serviced apartments (for periods of less than 90 consecutive nights), removal of existing plant and plant rooms at roof level and construction of an additional storey also to be used for short terms let accommodation. Internal alterations to layout. External alterations to front and rear elevations and introduction of new plant.

Received
20 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Ward
Farringdon Without
  1. Received20 May
  2. Validated20 May
  3. Consult.12 Mar
  4. Target15 Jul
  5. Decided6 May

Decided in 351 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Furnival Chambers 32 Furnival Street London EC4A 1JQ. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 351 days, 39 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in the Chancery Lane conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across Farringdon Without. We hold 151 applications in total for the EC4A 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
EC4A 1JQ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 May 2024
Consultation expiry
12 March 2025
Consultation start
19 February 2025
Consultation end
12 March 2025
Neighbour consultation start
23 July 2024
Neighbour consultation end
13 August 2024
Last date for comments
12 March 2025
Target decision date
15 July 2024
Committee meeting
6 May 2025
Permission expires
6 May 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Attn: Archie Noden Da Vinci House 44 Saffron Hill London EC1N 8FH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 July 2024
Advertisement expiry
20 August 2024
Site notice start
25 July 2024
Site notice end
15 August 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13003463
Documents
40

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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

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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.

© 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.

Source: City of London

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