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New City Court, 4-26 St Thomas Street, London, SE1 9RS

P2021/1348/OBSObservations to Adjoining BoroughApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 14 May 2021

Council decision: Observations to adjoining borough - no commentsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Observation to Southwark council for 'Redevelopment to include demolition of the 1980s office buildings and erection of a 26-storey building (plus mezzanine and two basement levels) of a maximum height of 108.0m AOD, restoration and refurbishment of the listed terrace (nos. 4-16 St Thomas Street), and redevelopment of Keats House (nos. 24-26 St Thomas Street) with removal, relocation and reinstatement of the historic façade on a proposed building, to provide 46,851sqm GEA of Class E(g)(i) office floorspace, 360sqm GEA flexible office E(g)(i)/retail E(a) floorspace, 592sqm GEA Class E(b) restaurant/café floorspace and a public rooftop garden, and 5,190sqm GEA of affordable workspace within the Georgian terrace, Keats House and part of the tower, associated public realm and highways improvements, provision for a new access to the Borough High Street entrance to the Underground Station, cycling parking, car parking, service, refuse and plant areas, and all ancillary or associated works. (Associated listed building consent application ref. 21/AP/1364). The application is accompanied by an Environmental Statement submitted pursuant to the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017.

Received
6 May 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bunhill, Within City (near Bunhill Ward)
  1. Received6 May
  2. Validated6 May
  3. Consult.28 May
  4. Target27 May
  5. Decided14 May

Decided in 8 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at New City Court, 4-26 St Thomas Street, London, SE1 9RS. Islington has handled 8,858 applications of this type. This one was decided in 8 days, 7 weeks quicker than Islington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,756 applications in total for the SE1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
SE1 9RS
Application type
Observations to Adjoining Borough
Development type
Not Used
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 May 2021
Consultation expiry
28 May 2021
Consultation end
28 May 2021
Last date for comments
28 May 2021
Target decision date
27 May 2021
Application expires
28 May 2021
Permission expires
14 May 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Publicity

First advertised
14 May 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
21/AP/1361
UPRN
10008979777
Documents
1

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: Bunhill Fields and Finsbury Square
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Bunhill Fields, Finsbury Square
  • 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 parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Islington

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