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5, Paternoster Square, London, EC4M 7DX

25/01179/FULLFull planning permissionApproved
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Approved on 22 October 2025

3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

installation of louvres to the ground floor façade of 5 Paternoster Square to allow the functioning of the new mechanical ventilation system

Submitted
27 August 2025
  1. Received27 Aug
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a planning application at 5, Paternoster Square, London, EC4M 7DX. City of London has handled 93 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 3 weeks quicker than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 4 applications across BR. We hold 129 applications in total for the EC4M postcode area.

97% of full planning permission 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 7DX
Application type
Full planning permission

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St Paul's CathedralPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: 1 Cathedral PlaceOn this site · +3 more
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    2 Feb

    Submission of details of post installation acoustic testing and details of anti-vibration measures pursuant…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/00162/MDC
  2. 2025
    27 Aug

    installation of louvres to the ground floor façade of 5 Paternoster Square to allow the functioning of the…

    This applicationApprovedFull planning permission25/01179/FULL

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