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130 Fenchurch Street London EC3M 5DJ

24/00900/SCOPScoping/Screening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 22 January 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

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 Fountain House, 130 Fenchurch Street. The proposed development comprises demolition of the existing buildings, erection of a new building to provide a mix of office, retail and cultural floorspace, new spaces at ground level, hard and soft landscaping and associated works. The building would be circa 29-33 storeys above ground at an approximate height of 165m AOD. The estimated total floorspace is between 37,161sqm - 46,452sqm NIA.

Received
20 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
12
Ward
Langbourn
  1. Received20 Aug
  2. Validated20 Aug
  3. Consult.18 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Jan

Decided in 155 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at 130 Fenchurch Street London EC3M 5DJ. City of London has handled 95 applications of this type. This one was decided in 155 days, 11 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Langbourn. We hold 546 applications in total for the EC3M 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
EC3M 5DJ
Application type
Scoping/Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 August 2024
Consultation expiry
18 September 2024
Consultation start
21 August 2024
Consultation end
18 September 2024
Last date for comments
18 September 2024
Committee meeting
22 January 2025
Permission expires
22 January 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Attn: Liam Lawson Jones 100 Pall Mall London SW1Y 5NQ

Additional information

Documents
18

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.

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    17 Apr

    Phased development for the demolition of all buildings and structures to existing slab level, erection of a…

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission with EIA25/00529/FULEIA
  2. 2024
    25 Oct

    Temporary change of use of part of the ground floor for culture use (Class F1).

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission24/01139/FULL
  3. 2019
    10 Jul

    Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act to vary condition 38 (approved plans) of…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)19/00713/FULMAJ
  4. 2018
    2 Jan

    Submission of a Highways Schedule of Condition pursuant to Schedule 3 Paragraphs 7.1 of the Section 106…

    ApprovedPlanning Obligations18/00046/PODC
  5. 2014
    21 May

    Demolition of the existing building and erection of a new building of two basements, ground and 17 upper…

    ApprovedFull Major Application14/00496/FULMAJ

Source: City of London

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