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Fenchurch Street City Of London EC3M 6DE

20/00016/OBSApplication for obs to adj boroughsApproved

Approved on 7 January 2020

Council decision: No CommentDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

i) Demolition of 41-43 Mincing Lane, 40-54 Fenchurch Street, former church hall and the Clothworkers' Hall and its redevelopment to provide a new building comprising four levels of basement (including a basement mezzanine level), ground, mezzanine, plus part 9, 31 and 35 storeys plus plant containing offices (B1) and flexible shop/financial and professional services/cafe and restaurant uses (A1/A2/A3) at ground floor level; and flexible shop/cafe and restaurant/drinking establishment uses (A1/A3/A4) at levels 10 and 11, including winter garden (Sui Generis); ii) Reprovision of the Clothworkers' accommodation (Sui Generis) within part ground, part first, part second and part third floors and four levels of basement (including a basement mezzanine level); iii) Creation of ground level public access to level 10 roof garden and basement level 1 to Grade II Listed crypt; iv) Dismantling, relocation and reconstruction of the Lambe's Chapel Crypt to basement level 1 and associated exhibition accommodation (Sui Generis) (listed Grade II); v) Alterations to and conservation of the Grade I Listed Tower of All Hallows Staining; vi) Provision of new hard and softlandscaping and other associated works. (The total proposed floor area of the new building is 94,336 sq.m GIA, comprising 88,064 sq.m of office floorspace , 289 sq.m of flexible retail floorspace (A1/A2/A3), 550 sq.m of flexible retail floorspace (A1/A3/A4),789sq.m of livery hall floorspace, 214sq.m of crypt floorspace and 430sq.m of winter garden floorspace) . The building would rise to a maximum height of 149.6m when measured from the lowest office ground floor level, 165.1m AOD).

Received
2 January 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Obs For Adj Boroughs
  1. Received2 Jan
  2. Validated2 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Jan
  5. Decided7 Jan

Decided in 5 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Fenchurch Street City Of London EC3M 6DE. Westminster has handled 27,173 applications of this type. This one was decided in 5 days, 6 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Obs For Adj Boroughs. We hold 546 applications in total for the EC3M postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
EC3M 6DE
Application type
Application for obs to adj boroughs
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 January 2020
Target decision date
23 January 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
City of London
Agent address
City Of London PO Box 270 Guildhall London EC2P 2EJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Leadenhall MarketPart of the site
  • 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

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