Planning application
Basement Pair North 6 King's Bench Walk London EC4Y 7DR
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Alterations at lower ground and upper ground floor of 6 King's Bench Walk, including external installation of a new free-standing condenser and associated services including penetration in the rear wall.
As published by the council, reference 26/00540/LBC
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00540/LBC
- Category
- Heritage and listed buildings
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 16 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 16 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 6 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Farringdon Without
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- EC4Y 7DR
Site history
Applications at this address on the City of London register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00539/FULL Granted
Basement Pair North 6 King's Bench Walk London EC4Y 7DR
External installation of a new free-standing condenser and associated services within rear lightwell.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Apr 2026
Received by City of London
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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6 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Approved
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 26/00539/FULL (Decided)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
- LISTED BUILDING CONSENT (CONDITIONAL)
- COMMENTS - HISTORIC ENGLAND
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- LOCATIONPLAN
- REAR ELEVATION - EXISTING - P05
- LOWER GROUNDFLOOR - AC EXTERNAL PLANT - EXISTING -
- LOWER GROUNDFLOOR - AC EXTERNAL PLANT - PROPOSED -
- REAR ELEVATION- A3
- TOSHIBA-VRF - MAP0401HT - EXTERNAL CONDENSER TECH SHEET
- 2603071-4 NOICO - S AND I - ACOUSTIC ENCLOSURE SPEC - QUOTE
- 1258 - 6KBW - NIA REPORT - RPT572020 15APR26
- 1258_6KBW_HERITAGE DESIGN ACCESS-P02
- HERITAGE STATEMENT_INCLUDED_IN_DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
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City of London granted permission on 6 August 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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