5 Ave Maria Lane London EC4M 7AQ
Approved on 24 June 2025
Council decision: Grant Certificate of Lawful DevelopmentDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness for the use of the property as a medical or dental practice (Use Class E).
- Received
- 28 April 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- City of London Corporation
- Ward
- Farringdon Within
- ReceivedReceived28 Apr
- ValidatedValidated28 Apr
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date23 Jun
- DecidedDecided24 Jun
Decided in 57 days (council typically 77)
About this application
This is an outline application at 5 Ave Maria Lane London EC4M 7AQ. City of London has handled 95 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 3 weeks quicker than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in the St Paul's Cathedral conservation area, with 11 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 129 applications in total for the EC4M 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
- EC4M 7AQ
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 April 2025
- Target decision date
- 23 June 2025
- Committee meeting
- 24 June 2025
- Permission expires
- 24 June 2030
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: St Paul's Cathedral
- 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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