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15 Bishopsgate, EC2

4554CPFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 3 February 2004

Planning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Demolition of four storey B1 office building with ground floor A2 bank and basement strong rooms. Construction of a five storey B1 office building with A1/2/3 retail to ground and basement levels. Construction of pavilion for D1 medicentre and/or A1/2/3 retail use. Demolition of upper level City Walkways including bridge over Bishopsgate.

Received
13 March 2003
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
3
Ward
Bishopsgate
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.25 Feb
  4. Target8 May
  5. Decided3 Feb

Decided in 327 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 15 Bishopsgate, EC2. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 327 days, 36 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in 16 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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
Medium
Parish
Old Broad St, 18, 20, 21, 21a, 25 & 27

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2003
Consultation expiry
25 February 2004
Consultation start
4 February 2004
Consultation end
25 February 2004
Neighbour consultation start
4 February 2004
Neighbour consultation end
25 February 2004
Target decision date
8 May 2003
Committee meeting
3 February 2004
Application expires
25 February 2004
Permission expires
3 February 2009

Applicant and agent

Agent address
23 Heddon Street, London, W1B 4RA

Planning decision

Statutory period
349 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 April 2003
Advertisement expiry
22 April 2003
Site notice start
31 March 2003
Site notice end
21 April 2003

Additional information

Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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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