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50 Bishopsgate EC2

3828BJFull Planning PermissionApproved
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Approved on 13 January 2004

Council decision: Appeal AllowedPlanning committee

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Proposal

Change of use of first, second, third and fourth floors from office to residential.

Received
18 July 2003
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
2
Ward
Castle Baynard
  1. Received18 Jul
  2. Validated18 Jul
  3. Consult.2 Apr
  4. Target12 Sep
  5. Decided13 Jan

Decided in 179 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 50 Bishopsgate EC2. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 179 days, 15 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in the St Helen's Place conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 120 applications across Castle Baynard.

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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishopsgate, 46/50

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 July 2003
Consultation expiry
2 April 2004
Consultation start
12 March 2004
Consultation end
2 April 2004
Last date for comments
2 April 2004
Target decision date
12 September 2003
Committee meeting
13 January 2004

Applicant and agent

Agent address
United House, North Road, London, N7 9DP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 August 2003
Advertisement expiry
26 August 2003
Site notice start
21 August 2003
Site notice end
11 September 2003

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St Helen's Place
  • Listed building: Grade II: 48, Bishopsgate Ec2On this site · +1 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.

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