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City Place House 55 Basinghall Street City Of London London EC2V 5DX

21/02468/OBSApplication for obs to adj boroughsApproved

Approved on 27 April 2021

Council decision: No CommentDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition of the existing building at 55 Basinghall Street (known as City Place House) and the erection of a Class E building for commercial, business and service use with Class E retail use at ground floor level with works to include partial removal, re-alignment and reinstatement of the Bassishaw Highwalk*; partial demolition, reconfiguration and refurbishment of the basement, lower ground, ground and mezzanine floors of 40 Basinghall Street (known as City Tower) for Class E commercial, business and service and retail use works to include the provision of a new lift and staircase between street and Highwalk level and reconfiguration and re landscaping of the existing first floor terrace area; formation of a new pedestrian route between London Wall and Basinghall Street; hard and soft landscaping works including alterations to and within the public highway; other works incidental to the proposed development (49,119 sq.m). *This application involves the rescission and alteration of areas of City Walkway through City Place House and City Tower, and rescission and alterations of the city walkway and walkway bridge over Basinghall Street

Received
13 April 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Obs For Adj Boroughs
  1. Received13 Apr
  2. Validated13 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 May
  5. Decided27 Apr

Decided in 14 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at City Place House 55 Basinghall Street City Of London London EC2V 5DX. Westminster has handled 27,173 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 days, 5 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in 3 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 194 applications in total for the EC2V postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
EC2V 5DX
Application type
Application for obs to adj boroughs
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 April 2021
Target decision date
4 May 2021

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3

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: Westminster

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

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