Planning application
Corner of Limeburner Lane And Ludgate Hill London EC4M 7AX
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Retrospective application for the retention of two sculptures 'Whispers' by Oskar Zieta with associated works, for a temporary period of up to 16 months, to be taken down on or before 31 December 2026.
As published by the council, reference 25/01295/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/01295/FULL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 22 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 22 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 6 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Farringdon Within
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- EC4M 7AX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Sep 2025
Received by City of London
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6 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Approved
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
16 documents on file for this application
- PLANNING PERMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT (CONDITIONAL)
- REPRESENTATION - BRITISH COUNCIL
- REPRESENTATION - LONDON FESTIVAL OF ARCHITECTURE
- REPRESENTATION - ONE NEW LUDGATE
- STAGE 3 ROAD SAFETY AUDIT
- COMMENTS - GREATER LONDON ARCHAEOLOGY ADVISORY SERVICE (GLAAS)
- COMMENTS - HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- LOCATIONPLAN
- LFA LETTER 2025
- WHISPERSINSTALLATION MAY 25
- 190925 ISSUE VERSION COVERING LETTTER
- ISSUE VERSION PLANNING STATEMENT SEPT 25
- ISSUE VERSION FORM_1_CIL_ADDITIONAL_INFORMATION SEPT 2025
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