City of London School For Girls St Giles' Terrace Barbican London EC2Y 8BB

26/00527/MDCSubmission of details (Planning)Approved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 19 May 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Submission of details of proposed fencing around ductwork; and details of external ductwork and ASHP enclosure including colour and finish pursuant to condition 6 of planning permission 25/00459/FULL dated 30/01/2026.

Received: 15 April 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: City of London Corporation
Ward: Cripplegate
Agent: Purcell LLP

ReceivedReceived15 Apr
ValidatedValidated15 Apr
Consult.Consultation5 May
TargetTarget Date10 Jun
DecidedDecided19 May

Decided in 34 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at City of London School For Girls St Giles' Terrace Barbican London EC2Y 8BB. City of London has handled 1,774 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 6 weeks quicker than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 12 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Cripplegate. We hold 387 applications in total for the EC2Y postcode area.

100% of conditions 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: EC2Y 8BB
Application type: Submission of details (Planning)
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 April 2026
Consultation expiry: 5 May 2026
Consultation start: 21 April 2026
Consultation end: 5 May 2026
Last date for comments: 5 May 2026
Target decision date: 10 June 2026
Committee meeting: 19 May 2026
Decision issued: 20 May 2026
Permission expires: 20 May 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent: Purcell LLP
Architect profile: PURCELL LIMITED
Agent address: Attn: Ms Alison Shepherd 1 Quayside Bridge Street Cambridge Essex CB5 8AB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14856688
Documents: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Barbican and Golden Lane
Listed building: Grade II: BarbicanOn this site · +1 more
Registered park and garden: The Barbican
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 (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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

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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.

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ApprovedListed building consentPart of25/00459/FULL
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Planning history at this site

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: City of London

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