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Units 7, 8 And 9 Royal Exchange London EC3V 3LL

26/00195/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 15 May 2026

Delegated (officer decision)13 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Amalgamation and change of use of Units 7, 8 and 9 from retail (Class E) to bar with substantial food offering (Sui Generis).

Received
6 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cornhill
  1. Received6 Feb
  2. Validated6 Feb
  3. Consult.23 Mar
  4. Target3 Apr
  5. Decided15 May

Decided in 98 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Units 7, 8 And 9 Royal Exchange London EC3V 3LL. 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 Bank conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Cornhill. We hold 316 applications in total for the EC3V 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
EC3V 3LL
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 February 2026
Consultation expiry
24 March 2026
Consultation start
23 February 2026
Consultation end
23 March 2026
Last date for comments
24 March 2026
Target decision date
3 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Magdalen House 148 Tooley Street London SE1 2TU United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Amineh Sichani
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
24 March 2026
Site notice start
27 February 2026
Site notice end
20 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14555866
Comments
0
Documents
54

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bank
  • Listed building: Grade I: Royal ExchangeOn this site · +8 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

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
    6 Feb

    Amalgamation and change of use of Units 7, 8 and 9 from retail (Class E) to bar with substantial food…

    This applicationApprovedFull26/00195/FULL
  2. 2026
    6 Feb

    Amalgamation of Units 7, 8 and 9 with associated internal and external alterations to facilitate the change…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside26/00196/LBC

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