Blackfriars Railway Bridge Puddle Dock London
Approved on 20 February 2026
Delegated (officer decision)1 condition
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Proposal
Retention of one arch closure board light and one warning light for when the Fleet overflow is discharging into the river on the eastern elevation of Blackfriars Rail Bridge.
- Received
- 19 August 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- City of London Corporation
- Ward
- Castle Baynard
- ReceivedReceived19 Aug
- ValidatedValidated17 Dec
- Consult.Consultation13 Jan
- TargetTarget Date11 Feb
- DecidedDecided20 Feb
Decided in 65 days (council typically 77)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Blackfriars Railway Bridge Puddle Dock London. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 185 days, 15 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 120 applications across Castle Baynard. We hold 167 applications in total for the EC4Y 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
- EC4Y 0DR
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 3 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 23 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 13 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 3 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 11 February 2026
- Committee meeting
- 20 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 20 February 2029
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Ferrovial Agroman Laing O'Rourke Joint Venture (FLo)
- Agent address
- Attn. Attn. Ms Ali Latham Tideway Central Cringle Street Nine Elms London SW11 8BX
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Amrith Sehmi
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 13 January 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 3 February 2026
- Site notice start
- 2 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 23 January 2026
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Bear GardensPart of the site · +1 more
- Listed building: Grade II: Southern Abutment to Former West Blackfriars and St Pauls Rail BridgeOn or next to this site · +3 more
- Brownfield land register: Flat 31 And 3224,New Globe Walk,,SE1 9DSRegister site at or near this address
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 (19)
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 and heritage coasts.
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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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