Planning application
Arts Centre Barbican Arts And Conference Centre Silk Street London EC2Y 8DS
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Temporary change of use of a section of Car Park 5 to an exhibition space (Class F1).
As published by the council, reference 26/00257/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00257/FULL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 17 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 17 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 13 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Cripplegate
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- EC2Y 8DS
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Feb 2026
Received by City of London
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13 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Approved
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24 Jul 2026
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
16 documents on file for this application
- PLANNING PERMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT (CONDITIONAL)
- BARBICAN IMMERSIVE TEMPORARY INSTALLATION - BLUE BADGE PARKING SPACES
- NOISE MANAGEMENT NOTE
- REPRESENTATION - DOUGLAS BEVANS
- REPRESENTATION - DR ALEXANDER WILSON
- FIRE STRATEGY
- BARBICAN IMMERSIVE INSTALLATION - COL HANDLING NOTE
- CIL FORM
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- BARB01_DRAWING_ISSUE_SHEET_11.02.26
- SITE PLAN
- SITE PLAN
- EXISTING FLOORPLAN
- PROPOSED FLOORPLAN
- BARBICAN IMMERSIVE TEMPORARY INSTALLATION - COVERING LETTER
- APPLICATION FORM
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City of London granted permission on 13 April 2026, 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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