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(site Known As 85 Gracechurch Street) 83 - 87 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0AA

PA/25/00704/NCObservations to Other AuthoritiesApproved

Approved on 28 April 2025

Council decision: No Objection (Observations Applications)Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Observation requested by City of London for phased development comprising; Demolition of existing building and the erection of a new building comprising basement levels and ground floor plus upper storeys including office use (Class E(g)(i)); flexible retail use (Class E(a), Class E(b), drinking establishments and hot food takeaway); Public Hall (sui generis); a Cultural Space (sui generis); and a public exhibition associated with archaeological findings (Sui Generis), with cycle parking, servicing, refuse and plant areas, public realm improvements and other works associated with the development including access and highways works.

Received
14 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received14 Apr
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided28 Apr

Decided in 14 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at (site Known As 85 Gracechurch Street) 83 - 87 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0AA. Tower Hamlets has handled 7,451 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 days, 6 weeks quicker than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in the Leadenhall Market conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 17 other applications at this address. We hold 316 applications in total for the EC3V postcode area.

Application details

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2025
Target decision date
5 May 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.

  • Conservation area: Leadenhall Market
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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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