Planning application
25 - 26 Lime Street London EC3M 7HR
Works: Extension Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use from Office and Retail (Use Class E) and Bar (Sui Generis) to Hotel with ancillary bar, co-working space and coffee shop (Use Class C1). The development includes partial demolition of existing building, and construction of infill extension to the rear / side, new commercial frontage and associated works.
As published by the council, reference 25/00639/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/00639/FULL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 13 May 2025
- Validated
- 13 May 2025
- Decided
- 11 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Langbourn
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- EC3M 7HR
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
13 May 2025
Received by City of London
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11 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Approved
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7 Sep 2026
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
101 documents on file for this application
- PLANNING PERMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT (CONDITIONAL)
- ACCESSIBILITY MARKUP
- SUICIDE PREV.
- PROPOSED SECTIONS
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- PROPOSED SIXTH FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED FIFTH FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED FOURTH FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED THIRD FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR MEZZANINE PLAN
- PROPOSED BASEMENT PLAN
- RESPONSE LETTER
- RESPONSE LETTER SUSTAINABILITY
- LEVEL ACCESS SKETCH
- PROPOSED SOUTH LIGHTWELL ELEVATION
- PROPOSED NORTH LIGHTWELL ELEVATION
- PROPOSED LIME STREET ELEVATION
- AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT
- DEVELOPMENT VIABLITY REPORT DRAFT 05.08.25
- RESPONSE LETTER
- DESIGNING OUT CRIME
- TECHNICAL NOTE RESPONSE TO HIGHWAYS COMMENTS
- COMMENTS-HISTORIC ENGLAND
- COMMENTS - THAMES WATER
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR MEZZANINE PLAN
- PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED LIME STREET ELEVATION
- PROPOSED NORTH LIGHTWELL ELEVATION
- PROPOSED SOUTH LIGHTWELL ELEVATION 2
- EXISTING FOURTH FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING ROOF PLAN
- EXISTING SECTION AA & BB
- EXISTING LIME STREET ELEVATION
- DEMOLITION FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- DEMOLITION SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- DEMOLITION THIRD FLOOR PLAN
- DEMOLITION FOURTH FLOOR PLAN
- DEMOLITION FIFTH FLOOR PLAN
- DEMOLITION ROOF PLAN
- DEMOLITION SECTION AA & BB
- DEMOLITION LIME STREET ELEVATION
- DEMOLITION NORTH LIGHTWELL ELEVATION
- PART 1 - REPORT
- PART 2 - REPORT
- PART 3 - REPORT
- PART 4 - REPORT
- PART 5 - REPORT
- OUTLINE FIRE STRATEGY
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- CIL FORM
- LOCATION PLAN
- PROPOSED BASEMENT PLAN
- PROPOSED THIRD FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED FOURTH FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED FIFTH FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED SIXTH FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED SIXTH FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED SECTION AA
- EXISTING BASEMENT PLAN
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING THIRD FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING FIFTH FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING LIGHTWELL ELEVATIONS
- DEMOLITION BASEMENT PLAN
- DEMOLITION GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- ENERGY & SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT
- 25.05.07_25-26 LIME STREET_HTVIA
- 25 LIME STREET MARKETING HISTORY REPORT
- OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION_INCLUDED_IN_ADDITIONAL PLANS
- HOTEL NEED NOTE
- NOISE ASSESSMENT UPDATE
- PLANNING STATEMENT_LIME STREET
- 1222 LIME STREET_EXISTING GA
- 1222 LIME STREET_DEMOLITION DRAWINGS
- 1222 LIME STREET_EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- 1222-00001_LOCATION PLAN_P01_250424
- 1222 LIME STREET_PROPOSED ELEVATIONS COMPRESSED
- 1222 LIME STREET_PROPOSED FLOOPLANS
- PROPOSED SECTION AA_P02_250424
- 24507-MA-RP-D-DSP01B AND APPENDICES UPDATE
- I001175_DL100 URBAN GREENING FACTOR ASSESSMENT_
- BNPPRE VIABILITY REPORT - 25-26 LIME STREET - MAY 2025
- 24507-MA-RP-D-TS01B - TRANSPORT STATEMENT AND APPENDICES UPDATE_PART1
- 24507-MA-RP-D-TS01B - TRANSPORT STATEMENT AND APPENDICES UPDATE_PART2
- 250509 LIME STREET COVERING LETTER
- FIRE STRATEGY-RIBA STAGE 2
- 1222_LIME STREET PLANNING_P02_PART4
- 1222_LIME STREET PLANNING_P02_PART5
- 1222_LIME STREET PLANNING_P02_PART6
- 1222_LIME STREET PLANNING_P02_PART1
- 1222_LIME STREET PLANNING_P02_PART2
- 1222_LIME STREET PLANNING_P02_PART3
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