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61-65 Holborn Viaduct, London, EC1A 2FD

25/01788/FULLFull planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 13 February 2026

3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Use of the site as Purpose-Built Student Accommodation to include unrestricted lets outside of the Academic Year (Sui Generis); and temporary change of use of from Purpose Built Student Accommodation (Sui Generis) to flexible Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (Sui Generis) / Hotel Use (Class C1) for the 2027/28 Academic Year only.

Submitted
19 December 2025
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 61-65 Holborn Viaduct London EC1A 2FD. 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 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across FN. We hold 438 applications in total for the EC1A 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
EC1A 2FD
Application type
Full planning permission

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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. 2026
    7 Jul

    Submission of Delivery and Servicing Management Plan pursuant to discharge of condition 2 of planning…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/00962/MDC
  2. 2025
    19 Dec

    Use of the site as Purpose-Built Student Accommodation to include unrestricted lets outside of the Academic…

    This applicationApprovedFull planning permission25/01788/FULL

Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    28 Oct

    Application Under Section 73 Of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) in relation to planning…

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)26/01538/FULL
  2. 2026
    27 Oct

    Submission of details of student residential, servicing, public lift, integration of window cleaning…

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/01529/MDC
  3. 2026
    28 Apr

    Submission of details of balustrades and measures to prevent jumping or falling throughout the building…

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/00623/MDC
  4. 2026
    28 Apr

    Submission of details of Lighting Strategy pursuant to condition 41 of Planning Permission 22/01243/FULMAJ

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/00624/MDC
  5. 2026
    28 Apr

    Submission of details of externally facing materials pursuant to discharge of conditions 21(e, f, h ank k) of…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/00622/MDC
  6. 2026
    16 Feb

    Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) to vary condition 45…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)26/00244/FULL

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