Planning application
1st Floor 73 - 75 Aldgate High Street London EC3N 1BD
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of lawful existing use in respect to the use of the first floor level as offices (Class E).
As published by the council, reference 22/00117/CLEUD
Application record
- Reference
- 22/00117/CLEUD
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Grant Certificate of Lawful Development
- Received
- 16 Feb 2022
- Validated
- 16 Feb 2022
- Decided
- 11 Oct 2022
- Ward
- Tower
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EC3N 1BD
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Feb 2022
Received by City of London
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11 Oct 2022
Decision issued: Grant Certificate of Lawful Development
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28 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
City of London granted permission on 11 October 2022, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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