538 Ben Johnson House, EC2

BARIV/8Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 14 June 2002

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Internal alterations namely the removal of the existing mezzanine floor and installation of new partitions at seventh floor level and creation of a new mezzanine floor.

Received: 12 April 2002
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of London Corporation
Ward: Farringdon Without

ReceivedReceived12 Apr
ValidatedValidated12 Apr
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date7 Jun
DecidedDecided14 Jun

Decided in 63 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 538 Ben Johnson House, EC2. City of London has handled 859 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 2 weeks quicker than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across Farringdon Without.

100% of heritage 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: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Barbican

Planning application dates

Date validated: 12 April 2002
Consultation expiry: 13 May 2002
Target decision date: 7 June 2002
Committee meeting: 14 June 2002

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Attn: M. Freisinger, 57 Santos Road, London, SW18 1NT

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 22 April 2002
Site notice end: 13 May 2002

Additional information

Comments: 0
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.

Conservation area: Barbican and Golden Lane
Listed building: BarbicanOn or next to this site
Registered park and garden: The Barbican
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, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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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Source: City of London

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