Planning application
Bow Bells House 1 Bread Street London EC4M 9BE
Works: Windows or glazing
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Alterations to shopfront to sub-divide the retail unit, including an additional entrance to unit.
As published by the council, reference 25/00728/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/00728/FULL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 3 Jun 2025
- Validated
- 3 Jun 2025
- Decided
- 17 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Cordwainer
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- EC4M 9BE
Site history
Applications at this address on the City of London register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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25/01410/ADVT Granted
Bow Bells House 1 Bread Street London EC4M 9BE
Installation and display of: (i) one internally illuminated projecting sign measuring 0.59m high by 0.59m wide and displayed 2.61m above ground level located on Bread Street. (ii) one internally illuminated projecting sign measuring 0.59m high by 0.59m wide and displayed 2.61m above ground level located on Watling Street. (iii) one retractable awning measuring 0.80m high by 7.81m wide and displayed 2.75m above ground level located on Watling Street.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Jun 2025
Received by City of London
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17 Oct 2025
Decision issued: Approved
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7 Sep 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Savills Limited Agent and applicant, registered in London
Active · incorporated 1987 · London
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
15 documents on file for this application
- PLANNING PERMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT (CONDITIONAL)
- ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE DETAILS
- ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE ELEVATIONS
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT ADDENDUM
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED DEMOLITION PLAN
- EXISTING FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- SAVILLS_M1241-03_1 BBH_ SITE LOCATION PLAN
- COVERING LETTER FINAL
- DAS FINAL
- BLOCK PLAN
- CIL FORM
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
City of London granted permission on 17 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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