XL House 70 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0HR
Approved on 26 February 2025
Council decision: Raise Objections (Observation ApplicatioDelegated (officer decision)
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)
- ReceivedReceived8 Jan
- ValidatedValidated8 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date29 Jan
- DecidedDecided26 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
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Tower Hamlets
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