Planning application
America House 2 America Square London EC3N 2LU
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use from Office (Use Class E) to apart-hotel (Use Class C1) with ground floor cafe (Use Class E), with associated internal and external alterations.
As published by the council, reference 25/00645/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/00645/FULL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 14 May 2025
- Validated
- 14 May 2025
- Decided
- 6 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Tower
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- EC3N 2LU
Site history
Applications at this address on the City of London register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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25/01759/FULL Granted
America House 2 America Square London EC3N 2LU
Change of use from Office (Use Class E) to apart-hotel (Use Class C1) with ground floor cafe (Use Class E) with associated internal and external alterations, including extension at seventh floor to provide additional apart-hotel accommodation with plant room above.
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25/01658/NMA Granted
America House 2 America Square London EC3N 2LU
Non-material amendments under Section 96A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) to planning permission 25/00645/FULL dated 06 November 2025 to: (i) amend condition 22 to correct inconsistencies in elevation drawings.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 May 2025
Received by City of London
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6 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Approved
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7 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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25/01658/NMA Granted
America House 2 America Square London EC3N 2LU
Non-material amendments under Section 96A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) to planning permission 25/00645/FULL dated 06 November 2025 to: (i) amend condition 22 to correct inconsistencies in elevation drawings.
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RENEW Planning Limited Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Canterbury
Active · incorporated 2011 · Canterbury
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Registered · incorporated 2022 · Road Town
3 applications on PlanIndex
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
67 documents on file for this application
- PLANNING PERMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT (CONDITIONAL)
- AMENDED NEW ENTRANCE PLAN
- AMENDED GROUND FLOOR PLANS
- FIRE SAFETY STATEMENT REV.03
- DESIGN OBSERVATIONS
- VIABILITY REVIEW - NEWMARK
- OUTLINE CLP
- TRAVEL PLAN
- UPDATED D&S JULY 2025
- *SUPERSEDED* FIRE SAFETY - PFSS - 2 AMERICA SQUARE 30 06 25 REVISION 02
- SITE VISIT PHOTOGRAPHS 25.06.25
- SITE VISIT PHOTOGRAPHS 25.06.25
- SITE VISIT PHOTOGRAPHS 25.06.25
- SITE VISIT PHOTOGRAPHS 25.06.25
- SITE VISIT PHOTOGRAPHS 25.06.25
- SITE VISIT PHOTOGRAPHS 25.06.25
- SITE VISIT PHOTOGRAPHS 25.06.25
- SITE VISIT PHOTOGRAPHS 25.06.25
- COMMENTS - HISTORIC ENGLAND
- COMMENTS - THAMES WATER
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- BNPPRE VIABILITY REPORT - 2 AMERICA SQUARE - APRIL 2025
- R01-SG-TRANSPORT STATEMENT (250416)
- R02-SG-TRAVEL PLAN (250416)
- R03-SG-DELIVERY AND SERVICING MANAGEMENT PLAN (250416)
- 2 AMERICA SQUARE ENERGY STATEMENT - REV A
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- 3465-TSP-ZZ-B1-DR-A-05-501-SITE LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- EXISTING BASEMENT LEVEL B2
- EXISTING BASEMENT LEVEL B1
- 05-EXISTING GROUND FLOOR
- EXISTING 1ST FLOOR
- EXISTING 2ND FLOOR
- EXISTING 3RD FLOOR
- EXISTING 4TH FLOOR
- EXISTING 5TH FLOOR
- EXISTING 6TH FLOOR-MANSARD
- EXISTING 7TH FLOOR (PLANT)
- EXISTING 8TH LEVEL (ROOF PLAN)
- EXISTING SECTIONS
- EXISTING NORTH SOUTH ELEVATIONS
- EXISTING EAST ELEVATION
- EXISTING WEST ELEVATION
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED BASEMENT LEVEL B2
- PROPOSED BASEMENT LEVEL B1
- *SUPERSEDED* PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR
- PROPOSED 1ST FLOOR
- PROPOSED 2ND FLOOR
- PROPOSED 3RD FLOOR
- PROPOSED 4TH FLOOR
- PROPOSED 5TH FLOOR
- PROPOSED 6TH FLOOR-MANSARD
- PROPOSED 7TH FLOOR
- PROPOSED 8TH FLOOR-RF
- PROPOSED SECTIONS
- PROPOSED NORTH SOUTH ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED EAST ELEVATION
- PROPOSED WEST ELEVATION
- *SUPERSEDED* GF-PROPOSED NEW ENTRANCE PLAN AND ELEVATION
- MARKETING CAMPAIGN AND INTEREST STATEMENT
- 32103-RP-NIA2-REV2-STG NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- COVERING LETTER_FINAL
- FORM_1_CIL_ADDITIONAL_INFORMATION
- *SUPERSEDED* 2 AMERICA SQUARE - PFSS AND SUMMARY REPORT 290425
- AH_PLANNING STATEMENT_FINAL
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