Planning application
Albert Buildings 49 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4SA
Works: Windows or glazing
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Replacement of the existing single glazed windows at levels 01 to 05 with double glazed timber framed windows.
As published by the council, reference 24/00677/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- 24/00677/FULL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 28 Jun 2024
- Validated
- 28 Jun 2024
- Decided
- 11 Oct 2024
- Ward
- Cordwainer
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- EC4N 4SA
Site history
Applications at this address on the City of London register
This site has had 14 applications since 2024: 13 approved, 0 refused.
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26/01356/MDC Awaiting decision
Albert Buildings 49 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4SA
Submission of Construction Logistics Plan pursuant to discharge of Condition 8 of planning permission 25/00346/FULL dated 24.06.2026.
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26/01288/LDC Granted
Albert Buildings 49 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4SA
Submission of full existing condition schedule pursuant to Condition 4(a) of listed building consent 25/00347/LBC dated 24.06.2026.
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26/01218/MDC Granted
Albert Buildings 49 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4SA
Submission of Archaeological Written Statement of Investigation pursuant to discharge of Condition 2 part a of planning permission 25/00346/FULL dated 24.06.2026.
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26/01199/MDC Granted
Albert Buildings 49 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4SA
Submission of Highway Condition Survey pursuant to discharge of Condition 6 of planning permission 25/00346/FULL dated 24.06.2026.
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26/01173/MDC Granted
Albert Buildings 49 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4SA
Submission of Green Roof Details pursuant to the discharge of Condition 9 and 10(g) of planning permission 25/00346/FULL dated 24.06.2026.
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26/01155/LDC Granted
Albert Buildings 49 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4SA
Submission of Green Roof Details pursuant to discharge of Condition 5(g) of planning permission 25/00347/LBC dated 24.06.2026.
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26/01099/MDC Granted
Albert Buildings 49 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4SA
Submission of details of proposed red Fire Fighter Plaque pursuant to Condition 10 part j of planning permission 25/00346/FULL dated 24.06.2026.
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26/01095/LDC Granted
Albert Buildings 49 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4SA
Submission of details of proposed red Fire Fighter Plaque pursuant to Condition 5 part (j) of Listed Building Consent 25/00347/LBC dated 24.06.2026.
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25/00346/FULL Granted
Albert Buildings 49 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4SA
(i) Change of use of upper floors and part lower ground floors from office use (Class E) to apart-hotel (Class C1); (ii) change of use of part ground floor from office and retail uses (Class E) to apart-hotel (Class C1); (iii) roof extensions at fourth and fifth floor levels to provide apart-hotel accommodation (Class C1); (iv) erection of a plant room at sixth floor level; (v) alterations to ground floor entrance to Queen Victoria Street; (vi) alterations to the existing shopfronts; (vii) and other associated works.
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25/00347/LBC Granted
Albert Buildings 49 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4SA
External and internal alterations to facilitate the use of the building as an apart-hotel (Class C1), including: (i) remodelling and extensions at fourth and fifth floor levels; (ii) erection of a plant room at sixth floor level; (iii) removal of one ground floor retail unit to provide enlarged reception area; (iv) demolition of modern partitions on the upper floors; (v) new rationalised central staircase, secondary escape stair and accessible lift to serve all floors; and (vi) and other associated works.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 Jun 2024
Received by City of London
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11 Oct 2024
Decision issued: Approved
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10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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25/00202/MDC Granted
Albert Buildings 49 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4SA
Submission of drawings pursuant to full discharge of condition 2 of planning permission 24/00677/FULL dated 11.10.2024.
- Application: 24/00678/LBC (Decided)
Who's behind it
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Rolfe Judd Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in The Oval
Active · incorporated 1992 · The Oval
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
33 documents on file for this application
- PLANNING PERMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT (CONDITIONAL)
- EXTENSION OF TIME 11TH OCT
- DESIGN OBS 1ST OCTOBER 2024
- COMMENTS - CAAC
- PROPOSED ELEVATION - NORTH
- PROPOSED ELEVATION - WEST
- EXISTING ELEVATION - NORTH
- EXISTING ELEVATION - SOUTH
- PROPOSED ELEVATION - SOUTH
- EXISTING ELEVATION - WEST
- DESIGN STATEMENT
- PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED THIRD FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED FOURTH FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED FIFTH FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED WINDOW TYPE 01
- PROPOSED WINDOW TYPE 02 A AND B
- PROPOSED WINDOW TYPE 02 C AND 03
- PROPOSED WINDOW TYPE 04 AND 05 A
- PROPOSED WINDOW TYPE 05 B AND C
- PROPOSED WINDOW TYPE 06 A AND B
- TYPICAL SASH WINDOW DETAIL
- TYPICAL CURVED WINDOW DETAIL
- EXISTING FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING THIRD FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING FOURTH FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING FIFTH FLOOR PLAN
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- SCHEDULE OF WORKS
- DESIGN NOTE
- FINAL HERITAGE STATEMENT ALBERT BUILDINGS - WINDOWS
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City of London granted permission on 11 October 2024, 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.
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