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Hotel The Whitbread Brewery 52 Chiswell Street London EC1Y 4SA

24/00864/LBCApproved

Approved on 22 April 2026

19 conditions

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

Proposal

Partial demolition of existing building, alteration and extension of the existing hotel, to include additional floorspace through upward extensions; altered and additional entrances; external urban greening; external plant enclosures; facade alterations; internal alterations; and associated works.

Received
12 August 2024
Ward
Coleman Street
  1. Received
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Apr

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Hotel The Whitbread Brewery 52 Chiswell Street London EC1Y 4SA. City of London has handled 6,632 applications of this type. This one was decided in 617 days, 77 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in the Brewery conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Coleman Street. We hold 398 applications in total for the EC1Y postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
EC1Y 4SA

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 August 2024
Decision issued
21 April 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Thomas Roberts

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Brewery
  • Listed building: Entrance Wing, Whitbread'S Brewery (South Side)On or next to this site
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2024
    13 Aug

    Partial demolition of existing building, alteration and extension of the existing hotel, to include…

    ApprovedApplicationFiled alongside24/00863/FULL
  2. 2024
    13 Aug

    Partial demolition of existing building, alteration and extension of the existing hotel, to include…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent24/00864/LBC

Source: City of London

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