Shield House, 16 New Street, EC2

4522AHFull Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 24 February 2004

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Refurbishment and alteration of the existing building to provide offices with Class A3 use at ground and basement level ( 353 sq.m), including the addition of a new entrance and glazed lift shaft structure in the courtyard, together with associated hard landscaping.

Received: 10 July 2003
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 3
Council: City of London Corporation
Ward: Bishopsgate

ReceivedReceived10 Jul
ValidatedValidated10 Jul
Consult.Consultation4 Mar
TargetTarget Date4 Sep
DecidedDecided24 Feb

Decided in 229 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Shield House, 16 New Street, EC2. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 229 days, 22 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishopsgate conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 92 applications across Bishopsgate.

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: Large

Planning application dates

Date validated: 10 July 2003
Consultation expiry: 4 March 2004
Consultation start: 19 February 2004
Consultation end: 4 March 2004
Last date for comments: 4 March 2004
Target decision date: 4 September 2003
Committee meeting: 24 February 2004
Permission expires: 24 February 2009

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent address: Attn:Hugh Morgan; 44-48 Dover Street, London, W1S 4AZ

Planning decision

Case officer: Rob Chipperfield
Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 5 August 2003
Advertisement expiry: 26 August 2003
Site notice start: 6 August 2003
Site notice end: 27 August 2003

Additional information

Documents: 111

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Bishopsgate
Listed building: Grade II: Shield HouseOn this site · +1 more
Brownfield land register: 6 New Street London EC2M 4TPRegister site at or near this address
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 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 and heritage coasts.

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Associated applications

2003
10 Jul
Alterations and extension of a grade II listed building
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside4522AG
2003
10 Jul
Refurbishment and alteration of the existing building to provide offices with Class A3 use at ground and…
This applicationApprovedFull4522AH

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