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70 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0HR

24/00534/SCOPScoping/Screening OpinionAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
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 70 Gracechurch Street. The proposed development comprises development of a new tower (154.7m AOD, 32 storeys excl. basement) for office (Class E) and cultural use (Class F2), retail and food and beverage uses (Class E) (circa 70,000sqm GIA); 4 basement levels, servicing access, landscaping, and other associated works.

Received
24 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
19
Ward
Langbourn
  1. Received24 May
  2. Validated24 May
  3. Consult.21 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 21 June.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (22)

About this application

This is an outline application at 70 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0HR. City of London has handled 95 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 24 May 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Langbourn. We hold 316 applications in total for the EC3V 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
EC3V 0HR
Application type
Scoping/Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 May 2024
Consultation expiry
21 June 2024
Consultation start
24 May 2024
Consultation end
21 June 2024
Last date for comments
21 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
100 Pall Mall London SW1Y 5NQ

Additional information

Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
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.

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.

Source: City of London

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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