Planning application
70 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BA
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Installation of sculpture 'Looping Loop' by Andrew Sabin for 14th edition of Sculpture in the City, for the pavement area outside of 70 St Mary Axe. In place of the current artwork on this site, Clare Burnett's Secret Sentinels.
As published by the council, reference 25/00611/FULLR3
Application record
- Reference
- 25/00611/FULLR3
- Type
- Full - Corporation's Own Application R3
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 8 May 2025
- Validated
- 8 May 2025
- Decided
- 23 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Aldgate
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- EC3A 8BA
Site history
Applications at this address on the City of London register
This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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21/00481/MDC Granted
70 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BA
Details of fume extract arrangements from the retail use pursuant to condition 14 of planning permission (application no. 08/00739/FULEIA) dated 10th June 2010.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 May 2025
Received by City of London
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23 Oct 2025
Decision issued: Approved
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7 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
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City of London granted permission on 23 October 2025, 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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