New City Court, 4-26 St Thomas Street, London, SE1 9RS
Approved on 14 May 2021
Council decision: Observations to adjoining borough - no commentsDelegated (officer decision)
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)
- Council
- London Borough of Islington
- Ward
- Bunhill, Within City (near Bunhill Ward)
- ReceivedReceived6 May
- ValidatedValidated6 May
- Consult.Consultation28 May
- TargetTarget Date27 May
- DecidedDecided14 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
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Bunhill Fields and 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.
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Source: Islington
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