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America House 2 America Square London EC3N 2LU

25/00645/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 6 November 2025

Delegated (officer decision)22 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use from Office (Use Class E) to apart-hotel (Use Class C1) with ground floor cafe (Use Class E), with associated internal and external alterations.

Received
14 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
9
Ward
Tower
Agent
RENEW Planning Limited
  1. Received14 May
  2. Validated14 May
  3. Consult.9 Jul
  4. Target9 Jul
  5. Decided6 Nov

Decided in 176 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at America House 2 America Square London EC3N 2LU. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 176 days, 14 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 152 applications across Tower. We hold 461 applications in total for the EC3N postcode area.

98% of full 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
EC3N 2LU
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 May 2025
Consultation expiry
9 July 2025
Consultation start
18 June 2025
Consultation end
9 July 2025
Neighbour consultation start
12 June 2025
Neighbour consultation end
3 July 2025
Last date for comments
9 July 2025
Target decision date
9 July 2025
Committee meeting
6 November 2025
Permission expires
6 November 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
RENEW Planning Limited
Agent address
Attn: Mr Tim Waters Work.Life Hammersmith 174 Hammersmith Road London W6 7JP

Planning decision

Case officer
Ryan Pinkett
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 June 2025
Advertisement expiry
1 July 2025
Site notice start
5 June 2025
Site notice end
26 June 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13882803
Documents
69

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    27 Nov

    Non-material amendments under Section 96A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) to planning…

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment25/01658/NMA
  2. 2025
    14 May

    Change of use from Office (Use Class E) to apart-hotel (Use Class C1) with ground floor cafe (Use Class E)…

    This applicationApprovedFull25/00645/FULL

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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