5, Broadgate, London, EC2M 2QS
Approved on 7 April 2011
Council decision: Observations to adjoining borough - commentsDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Demolition and redevelopment to provide a building of two basements, ground, mezzanine and 12 storeys plus roof top plant (maximum height 83.5m AOD) for B1 commercial office purposes; the creation of a new pedestrian route from Broadgate Circle to Sun Street Passage; works of hard and soft landscaping to Finsbury Avenue Square, Broadgate Circle, Sun Street and Sun Street Passage; the provision of a revised access on Broad Lane; the provision of car, cycle and motorcycle parking in the basement; works to the exposed flank wall of 8-10 Broadgate; and the provision of plant and other works ancillary to the main buuilding (108,213 sq.m GEA).
- Received
- 11 March 2011
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Islington
- Ward
- Within City (near Clerkenwell Ward)
- ReceivedReceived11 Mar
- ValidatedValidated14 Mar
- Consult.Consultation15 Mar
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided7 Apr
Decided in 24 days
About this application
This is a planning application for demolition at 5, Broadgate, London, EC2M 2QS. Islington has handled 8,858 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Islington's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 783 applications in total for the EC2M postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- EC2M 2QS
- Application type
- Observations to Adjoining Borough
- Development type
- Not Used
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 March 2011
- Consultation expiry
- 15 March 2011
- Consultation end
- 15 March 2011
- Last date for comments
- 29 March 2011
- Permission expires
- 7 April 2014
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Islington
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