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Unilever House Victoria Embankment London EC4Y 0DY

24/01067/CLEUDCertificate of Lawfulness (Existing)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 19 December 2024

Council decision: Grant Certificate of Lawful DevelopmentDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Replacement of the nosing to a top step outside Unilever House.

Received
4 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle Baynard
  1. Received4 Oct
  2. Validated4 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Nov
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 76 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Unilever House Victoria Embankment London EC4Y 0DY. City of London has handled 194 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days. The site is in the Whitefriars conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 120 applications across Castle Baynard. We hold 167 applications in total for the EC4Y postcode area.

100% of amendment 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
EC4Y 0DY
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 October 2024
Target decision date
29 November 2024
Committee meeting
19 December 2024
Permission expires
19 December 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hurley and Davies
Agent address
Attn: Mr Stephen Peel Croes Hywel Old Monmouth Road ABERGAVENNY NP7 8BS United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13430655
Comments
0
Documents
4

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: Whitefriars
  • Listed building: Grade II: Unilever HouseOn 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 (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.

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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