40 - 42 Charterhouse Street London EC1M 6AG
Approved on 16 January 2025
Council decision: No Objections to OBSDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion of existing flat roof and associated works (above No. 40-42 Charterhouse Street) into ancillary roof terrace and improvements to fire escape at No. 38 Charterhouse Street.
- Received
- 10 December 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- City of London Corporation
- Ward
- Farringdon Within
- ReceivedReceived10 Dec
- ValidatedValidated10 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date31 Dec
- DecidedDecided16 Jan
Decided in 37 days
About this application
This is a planning application at 40 - 42 Charterhouse Street London EC1M 6AG. City of London has handled 6,632 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 6 weeks quicker than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 107 applications across Farringdon Within. We hold 301 applications in total for the EC1M postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- EC1M 6AG
- Application type
- Observations from other Boroughs
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 December 2024
- Target decision date
- 31 December 2024
- Committee meeting
- 16 January 2025
- Permission expires
- 16 January 2030
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 21 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Charterhouse Square
- Listed building: Grade II: Six Bollards on the North and North West Side of the SquareOn or next to this site · +4 more
- 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.
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