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Merchant Taylors Hall 30 Threadneedle Street London EC2R 8JB

26/00335/LBCApproved

Approved on 16 April 2026

3 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Remodelling two sets of stone steps rising from the Garden Courtyard to Cloister doors, including an increased upper landing depth and other associated structural works.

Received
6 March 2026
Ward
Cornhill
  1. Received6 Mar
  2. Validated6 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 41 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Merchant Taylors Hall 30 Threadneedle Street London EC2R 8JB. City of London has handled 6,632 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 5 weeks quicker 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 239 applications in total for the EC2R postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
EC2R 8JB

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Thomas Roberts

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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 (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, 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.

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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