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50 Cannon Street London EC4N 6JJ

25/01794/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 23 October 2026

Delegated (officer decision)39 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Refurbishment of existing office building with works including: creation of roof terraces, extension of existing lift shaft, replacement and relocation of existing rooftop plant and associated structures, changes to internal car and cycle parking arrangements, and improvements to the building's facade.

Received
22 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1 · last counted 28 October 2026
Ward
Vintry
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.25 Mar
  4. Target17 Feb
  5. Decided23 Oct

Decided in 304 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 50 Cannon Street London EC4N 6JJ. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 305 days, 33 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in the Queen Street conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 19 applications across Vintry. We hold 151 applications in total for the EC4N 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
EC4N 6JJ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2025
Consultation expiry
25 March 2026
Consultation start
4 March 2026
Consultation end
25 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
9 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
6 February 2026
Last date for comments
25 March 2026
Target decision date
17 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lichfields
Agent address
Attn: Miss Alice Green The Minster Building 21 Mincing Lane London EC3R 7AG

Planning decision

Case officer
Ryan Pinkett
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
3 February 2026
Site notice start
9 January 2026
Site notice end
30 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14433204
Documents
71

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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