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XL House 70 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0HR

PA/25/00044/NCObservations to Other AuthoritiesApproved

Approved on 26 February 2025

Council decision: Raise Objections (Observation ApplicatioDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Observation requested by City of London for Submission of Partial demolition of the existing building, partial infilling of the existing basements and refurbishment and extension of the building comprising basement levels and ground floor plus 32 storeys (149.67m AOD, 132.47m AGL) to provide a mixed use office (Class E(g)) and culture/public viewing gallery (Sui Generis), retail/food and beverage (Class E(a)-(b)) development, with soft and hard landscaping, pedestrian and vehicle access, cycle parking, flexible public realm including street market with associated highway works and other works associated with the development. This application is accompanied by an Environmental Statement which is available for inspection with the planning application. Electronic copies of the ES can also be issued by Trium Environmental Consulting LLP; for further details please contact hello@triumenv.co.uk or Tel: +44 (0) 203 887 7118. [RECONSULTATION under Regulation 25 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 following receipt of further information in relation to the Environmental Statement, including: design amendments, updated townscape views, and updated Environmental Statement (Addendum) in response to changes to further testing to wind microclimate, daylight, sunlight and overshadowing and Heritage and Townscape. See revised cover letter dated 10 December 2024]

Received
8 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated8 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Jan
  5. Decided26 Feb

Decided in 49 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at XL House 70 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0HR. Tower Hamlets has handled 7,451 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 316 applications in total for the EC3V postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
EC3V 0HR
Application type
Observations to Other Authorities
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 January 2025
Target decision date
29 January 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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

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: Tower Hamlets

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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