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Stone House, Staple Hall, 142-148 Bishopsgate, 1-17 Devonshire Row and 1 & 3-5 Stone House Court, EC2

5227Full Planning PermissionWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 24 January 2001

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of Staple Hall, Stone House behind the street facades and at the rear of 142-148 Bishopsgate and 1-17 Devonshire Row. Redevelopment to provide a new office building arranged on basement, lower ground, ground and seven upper floors with Class A retail on lower ground and ground and ancillary servicing, car parking and access. 1 and 3-5 Stone House Court and 13-17 Devonshire Row and the front sections of 142-148 Bishopsgate and 1-11 Devonshire Row to be refurbished.

Received
24 August 2000
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
6
Ward
Bishopsgate
  1. Received24 Aug
  2. Validated24 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Oct
  5. Decided24 Jan

Decided in 153 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Stone House, Staple Hall, 142-148 Bishopsgate, 1-17 Devonshire Row and 1 & 3-5 Stone House Court, EC2. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 153 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Bishopsgate conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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
Small
Parish
Bishopsgate, 128/150 (Redev)

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 August 2000
Consultation expiry
3 October 2000
Target decision date
19 October 2000

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Premier House, 44-48 Dover Street, London, W1X 4JX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 September 2000
Advertisement expiry
3 October 2000
Site notice start
11 September 2000
Site notice end
2 October 2000

Additional information

Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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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.

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