Snow Hill Police Station 5 Snow Hill London EC1A 2DP
Approved on 12 December 2025
Delegated (officer decision)6 conditions
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Proposal
Retention of additional plant at main roof level and proposed erection of enclosure to units (part retrospective).
- Received
- 5 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 7
- Council
- City of London Corporation
- Ward
- Farringdon Without
- Agent
- Daniel Watney LLP
- ReceivedReceived5 Sep
- ValidatedValidated2 Oct
- Consult.Consultation6 Nov
- TargetTarget Date27 Nov
- DecidedDecided12 Dec
Decided in 71 days (council typically 77)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Snow Hill Police Station 5 Snow Hill London EC1A 2DP. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 3 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in the Smithfield conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 21 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across Farringdon Without. We hold 438 applications in total for the EC1A 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
- EC1A 2DP
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 17 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 9 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 6 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 20 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 17 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 27 November 2025
- Committee meeting
- 12 December 2025
- Permission expires
- 12 December 2028
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Daniel Watney LLP
- Agent address
- Attn: Lewis Davenport 165 Fleet Street London EC4A 2DW United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Sarah Gentry
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 21 October 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 11 November 2025
- Site notice start
- 9 October 2025
- Site notice end
- 30 October 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14303562
- Documents
- 51
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Smithfield+1 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.
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