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New Chapter House Bishops Gate East London EC2M 4HE

Awaiting decision City of London 24/00201/FULL Full Planning Permission

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Proposal

Installation of replacement telecommunications equipment, including: (i) removal of existing GRP replica chimney screening, six antennas and two equipment cabinets; (ii) installation of two GRP replica chimney screenings, six antennas, two equipment cabinets, one free-standing handrail and associated ancillary works.

As published by the council, reference 24/00201/FULL

Application record

Reference
24/00201/FULL
Type
Full Planning Permission
Status
Under Consideration
Received
23 Feb 2024
Validated
23 Feb 2024
Ward
Bishopsgate
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
EC2M 4HE

Site history

Applications at this address on the City of London register

This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/00185/MDC Granted

    New Chapter House Bishops Gate East London EC2M 4HE

    Submission of details of replica chimney screening pursuant to condition 3 of Planning permission 24/00201/FULL dated 19 November 2025.

    Decided 16 Mar 2026 Conditions
  • 26/00102/NMA Granted

    New Chapter House Bishops Gate East London EC2M 4HE

    Non-material amendment under Section 96a of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) to planning permission 24/00201/FULL dated 19 November 2025 to amend condition 2 (approved drawings) to enable: (i) Relocation of the third antenna sector over a loadbearing wall to ensure a structurally safe scheme; (ii) Revisions to the GRP-enclosed antennas, updating their dimensions for an accurate representation of the equipment and their enclosures.

    Decided 16 Mar 2026 Amendments

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 23 Feb 2024

    Received by City of London

  2. 10 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 19 April 2024, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    City of London took a median of 84 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Cases linked to this one on the register

2 later applications on the register refer to this one:

  • 26/00185/MDC Granted

    New Chapter House Bishops Gate East London EC2M 4HE

    Submission of details of replica chimney screening pursuant to condition 3 of Planning permission 24/00201/FULL dated 19 November 2025.

    Decided 16 Mar 2026 Conditions
  • 26/00102/NMA Granted

    New Chapter House Bishops Gate East London EC2M 4HE

    Non-material amendment under Section 96a of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) to planning permission 24/00201/FULL dated 19 November 2025 to amend condition 2 (approved drawings) to enable: (i) Relocation of the third antenna sector over a loadbearing wall to ensure a structurally safe scheme; (ii) Revisions to the GRP-enclosed antennas, updating their dimensions for an accurate representation of the equipment and their enclosures.

    Decided 16 Mar 2026 Amendments

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

WHP Telecoms Ltd Agent, a telecoms contractor registered in Warrington

Active · incorporated 1998 · Warrington

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

20 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with City of London for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year City of London decided full applications in a median of 119 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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