40, Holborn Viaduct, EC1N 2PB

25/00345/MDCApproval of details reserved by a condition (discharge)Permitted

Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Submission of Pre-Demolition Audit Report and Pre-Demolition Audit pursuant to discharge of condition 4 of planning permission 23/00867/FULMAJ dated 27.09.2024.

Submitted: 12 March 2025
Decided: 29 October 2025
Council: City of London Corporation

Approximate site (title boundary)

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ReceivedSubmitted12 Mar
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided29 Oct

Decided in 231 days (council typically 77)

11 weeks typical decision time in City of London100% of approval of details reserved by a condition (discharge) applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is a planning application for demolition at 40, Holborn Viaduct, EC1N 2PB. City of London has handled 396 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 83 days. This one was decided in 231 days, 21 weeks longer than City of London's median. The site is in 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 12 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across FT. We hold 237 applications in total for the EC1N postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

25/00345/MDC

Address

40, Holborn Viaduct, EC1N 2PB

Postcode

EC1N 2PB

Local Authority

City of London

Application Type

Approval of details reserved by a condition (discharge)

Decision Status

Permitted

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Decided

29 October 2025

Date Submitted

12 March 2025

Planning Decision

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates

51.517864, -0.106367

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: City of London

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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.

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