Offices 131 - 133 Cannon Street London EC4N 5AX
Approved on 10 July 2026
Delegated (officer decision)23 conditions
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Proposal
Change of use of the basement and first to fifth floors of this building from office to an apart-hotel (Use Class C1) along with minor changes to access at ground floor level to accommodate bin storage, servicing and fire safety and M&E plant at 6th floor and roof void levels.
- Received
- 20 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 8
- Council
- City of London Corporation
- Ward
- Candlewick
- Agent
- DRK Planning Ltd
- ReceivedReceived20 Mar
- ValidatedValidated20 Mar
- Consult.Consultation22 Apr
- TargetTarget Date15 May
- DecidedDecided10 Jul
Decided in 112 days (council typically 77)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Offices 131 - 133 Cannon Street London EC4N 5AX. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 5 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Candlewick. 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 5AX
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 16 July 2026
- Consultation start
- 1 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 22 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 29 June 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 13 July 2026
- Last date for comments
- 30 July 2026
- Target decision date
- 15 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- DRK Planning Ltd
- Agent address
- Attn: Mr David Kemp 215 Alfred Court 53 Fortune Green Road West Hampstead NW6 1DF
Abchurch Holdings Limited
Company number 16993959
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 28 Jan 2026 (under 1 year old)
- Nature of business
- Buying and selling of own real estate
- Registered office
- Oxford
Company information from Companies House.
Planning decision
- Case officer
- John Grierson
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 14 April 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 5 May 2026
- Site notice start
- 2 July 2026
- Site notice end
- 16 July 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14762951
- Documents
- 32
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bank
- 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.
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Associated applications
- 202616 Sep
Submission of Construction Environmental Management Plan, Design Load Assessment Report, Construction…
PendingApplicationRelated26/01293/MDC - 202620 Mar
Change of use of the basement and first to fifth floors of this building from office to an apart-hotel (Use…
This applicationApprovedFull26/00408/FULL
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202517 Oct
Change of use from Class E (g)(i) to residential C3 at first to sixth floor to provide 1 x 3 bedroom…
RefusedFull planning permission25/01320/FULL - 202514 Feb
Change of use from Class E (g)(i) to residential C3 at first to sixth floor to provide 1 x studio flat and 2…
WithdrawnFull Planning Permission25/00237/FULL
Source: City of London
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