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Offices Morley House 26 - 30 Holborn Viaduct London EC1A 2AT

25/2703/KConsultation by other Borough\LDDCApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 1 September 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Demolition of the existing building, partial retention of the existing basement and the erection of a lower ground, mezzanine, ground plus 11 storey building for hotel (Class C1) use, provision of substation, blue badge car and cycle parking, ancillary uses, servicing, rooftop plant and other back of house space, enabling works and other works associated with the development.

Received
19 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Out of Borough
  1. Received19 Aug
  2. Validated19 Aug
  3. Consult.9 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Sep

Decided in 13 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Offices Morley House 26 - 30 Holborn Viaduct London EC1A 2AT. Greenwich has handled 669 applications of this type. This one was decided in 13 days, 6 weeks quicker than Greenwich's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 438 applications in total for the EC1A postcode area.

77% of outline applications at Royal Borough of Greenwich were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
EC1A 2AT
Application type
Consultation by other Borough\LDDC
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 August 2025
Last date for comments
9 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
City of London
Agent address
PO Box 270, Guildhall, London, EC2P 2EJ

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: 54, Farringdon Street Ec1, 41, Farringdon Street Ec1, 24 and 25, Holborn Viaduct Ec1On or next to this site
  • 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.

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Source: Greenwich

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