Planning application
Offices 131 - 133 Cannon Street London EC4N 5AX
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use of the basement and first to fifth floors of this building from office to an apart-hotel (Use Class C1) along with minor changes to access at ground floor level to accommodate bin storage, servicing and fire safety and M&E plant at 6th floor and roof void levels.
As published by the council, reference 26/00408/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00408/FULL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 20 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 20 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 10 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Candlewick
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- EC4N 5AX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Mar 2026
Received by City of London
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10 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Approved
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24 Jul 2026
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Who's behind it
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DRK Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Shipley
Active · incorporated 2009 · Shipley
36 applications on PlanIndex · across 21 councils · 86% granted
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See their track recordAbchurch Holdings Limited Applicant, registered in Oxford
Active · incorporated 2026 · Oxford
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
33 documents on file for this application
- PLANNING PERMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT (CONDITIONAL)
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR - RETAIL UNIT
- PROPOSED 3RD FLOOR - TYPICAL UNIT 1 AND 2
- PROPOSED 2ND FLOOR - TYPICAL UNIT 1 AND 2
- PROPOSED 6TH FLOOR - PLANT
- PROPOSED 5TH FLOOR - TYPICAL UNIT 1 AND 2
- PROPOSED 4TH FLOOR - TYPICAL UNIT 1 AND 2
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN (PLANT)
- SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED 1ST FLOOR - ACCESSIBLE BATH
- PROPOSED 1ST FLOOR - ACCESSIBLE UNIT AND TYPICAL UNIT
- PROPOSED BASEMENT PLAN
- PROPOSED SECTIONS
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS (NORTH AND WEST)
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS (SOUTH AND EAST)
- CAAC LETTER
- COMMENTS - TRANSPORT FOR LONDON
- COMMENTS - THAMES WATER
- SITE PLAN
- AS EXISTING SURVEY ROOF PLAN
- AS EXISTING SURVEY 3RD & 4TH FLOORS
- AS EXISTING SURVEY SECTIONS A-A & B-B
- AS EXISTING SURVEY REAR (NORTH) & WEST ELEVATIONS
- AS EXISTING SURVEY 1ST & 2ND FLOOR PLANS
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- 131 CANNON STREET LONDON - VIABILITY REPORT 18 FEBRUARY 2026
- CANNON STREET_FULL APPLICATION PLANNING STATEMENT_MARCH 2026
- 26-03-20 CANNON ST - DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- D12B ? PLANNING FIRE SAFETY STATEMENT
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- AS EXISTING SURVEY GROUND & BASEMENT PLANS
- AS EXISTING SURVEY FRONT (SOUTH) & EAST ELEVATIONS
- AS EXISTING SURVEY 5TH & 6TH FLOORS
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
City of London granted permission on 10 July 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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