Drapers Hall Throgmorton Avenue London EC2N 2DQ

25/00441/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 9 February 2026

Delegated (officer decision)7 conditions

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

Proposal

External and internal alterations to facilitate use of building for hotel use (Class C1) and commercial use (Class E and Sui Generis), including: (i) remodelling the above ground floors for hotel use, including incorporation of existing livery guestrooms; (ii) remodelling of partial ground and basement levels for commercial use; (iii) alterations to roof; (iv) external wall linings and repairs; (v) refurbishment of existing windows; (vi) installation of lifts.

Received: 31 March 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of London Corporation
Ward: Broad Street

ReceivedReceived31 Mar
ValidatedValidated31 Mar
Consult.Consultation13 May
TargetTarget Date26 May
DecidedDecided9 Feb

Decided in 315 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a heritage application for window replacement at Drapers Hall Throgmorton Avenue London EC2N 2DQ. City of London has handled 859 applications of this type. This one was decided in 315 days, 34 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Broad Street. We hold 177 applications in total for the EC2N postcode area.

100% of heritage 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: EC2N 2DQ
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 31 March 2025
Consultation expiry: 13 May 2025
Last date for comments: 13 May 2025
Target decision date: 26 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Montagu Evans
Agent address: 70 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BE United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 22 April 2025
Advertisement expiry: 13 May 2025
Site notice start: 17 April 2025
Site notice end: 8 May 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13788800
Comments: 0
Documents: 49

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Conservation area: Bank
Listed building: Drapers' HallOn 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.

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

2025
31 Mar
Works comprising: (i) change of use of upper floors and part ground floor from office use (Class E) to hotel…
ApprovedFull Planning PermissionFiled alongside25/00440/FULL
2025
31 Mar
External and internal alterations to facilitate use of building for hotel use (Class C1) and commercial use…
This applicationApprovedListed building consent25/00441/LBC

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

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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