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52 Cornhill, EC3

4362SFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 29 September 2000

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of basement, lower ground, ground and mezzanine floors from Class B1(A) to Class A2 (financial and professional services)

Received
21 August 2000
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Cornhill
  1. Received21 Aug
  2. Validated21 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Oct
  5. Decided29 Sep

Decided in 39 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 52 Cornhill, EC3. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 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 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Cornhill.

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
Cornhill, 52

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 August 2000
Consultation expiry
26 September 2000
Target decision date
16 October 2000
Committee meeting
29 September 2000

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 September 2000
Advertisement expiry
26 September 2000

Additional information

Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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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