America House 2 America Square London EC3N 2LU
Approved on 4 June 2026
26 conditions
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, including extension at seventh floor to provide additional apart-hotel accommodation with plant room above.
- Received
- 12 December 2025
- Council
- City of London Corporation
- Ward
- Tower
- ReceivedReceived12 Dec
- ValidatedValidated6 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided4 Jun
Decided in 149 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at America House 2 America Square London EC3N 2LU. City of London has handled 6,632 applications of this type. This one was decided in 149 days, 10 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.
Application details
- Postcode
- EC3N 2LU
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 January 2026
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Ryan Pinkett
Site constraints
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.
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202527 Nov
Non-material amendments under Section 96A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) to planning…
ApprovedNon-material amendment25/01658/NMA - 202514 May
Change of use from Office (Use Class E) to apart-hotel (Use Class C1) with ground floor cafe (Use Class E)…
ApprovedFull Planning Permission25/00645/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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