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3 Temple Gardens Middle Temple Lane London EC4Y 9AU

26/00761/FULLApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 28 August 2026

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Proposal

Application for change of use for the five existing Residential units on 4th Floor North, 5th Floor North & South and 6th Floor North & South to Commercial use. The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple is preparing a Planning and Listed Building Consent application for the major refurbishment of 3 Temple Gardens. This will see the whole building converted to all commercial use and let to a single tenant. The building currently consists of nine commercial units on the Ground, 1st, 2nd 3rd and part 4th floor with five residential units in the remaining floors above. In preparation for the major refurbishment works, all commercial tenants have now vacated the building together with the residential tenants from 5th Floor North and 6th Floor North units. As the remaining residential tenants vacate, the units will be left vacant pending the major refurbishment works to the whole building. The three remaining residential tenants in 4th Floor North, 5th Floor South and 6th Floor South will be relocating to other units currently being prepared for them on the estate under the following applications. As the remaining residential units in 3 Temple Gardens become vacate, all modern fitted kitchens and appliances will be removed and all utilities, except those necessary to protect the building fabric and maintain fire safety will be isolated, rendering the units uninhabitable. When the last residential tenant vacates, the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple will then apply to have the Building removed from the HRB register. 25/01234/FULL ? 5 Pump Court 25/01235/LBC ? 5 Pump Court 25/01329/FULL ? Goldsmith Building 25/01330/LBC ? Goldsmith Building 25/01339/FULL ? 2 Plowden Buildings Ground Floor North It is expected that conversion works to the above units will be completed towards the middle of July 2026, allowing the three remaining residential tenants to vacate 3 Temple Gardens by mid-August 2026.

Received
22 May 2026
Ward
Farringdon Without
  1. Received22 May
  2. Validated5 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Aug

Decided in 84 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 3 Temple Gardens Middle Temple Lane London EC4Y 9AU. City of London has handled 6,632 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 7 days longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in the Temples conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across Farringdon Without. We hold 167 applications in total for the EC4Y postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
EC4Y 9AU

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 June 2026

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Temples+2 more
  • Listed building: Grade II: 1 Brick CourtOn this site · +31 more
  • Registered park and garden: Middle TemplePart of the site · +1 more

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.

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