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Postcode record · City Of London

EC3A 8BF.

EC3A 8BF has 31 known premises and 23 planning records — 18 approved of 20 decided (90%).

City Of LondonAldgateEC3A 8BF
Postcode EC3A 8BF · boundary not held, centred on the postcodeApprovedRefusedOther69 exact69 on the map — every match
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31
Premises
known addresses (UPRNs)
23
Applications
20 decided
90%
Approval rate
18 approved · 0 refused
0
EPC records
none recorded
69
Mapped applications
inside the postcode shape
Postcode unit boundary from Ordnance Survey; premises and applications inside it. Aggregates describe the area, not any single premises.
Property

What is it?

EC3A 8BF has 31 known premises and 23 planning records — 18 approved of 20 decided (90%).

Premises (18 of 31 shown)

Planning

What happened?

23 planning applications across the postcode; 18 approved of 20 decided (90%). Latest 23 shown.

Reference
Proposal · address
Type
Outcome
Date · distance
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness to confirm the proposed internal works at Level 26 do not constitute development in line with Section 55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).
30 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BF · premises record
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)
Approved
2025-04-30
Application for a Certificate of lawfulness to confirm the infill of the voids at level 1 does not constitute development in line with Section 55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).
30 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BF · premises record
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)
Approved
2024-06-03
External alterations of the ground and first floor facades including new doors, louvres and means of access, alterations to the existing hard landscaping and other associated works.
30 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BF · premises record
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2024-06-03
Application for a Certificate of lawfulness to confirm the use of the site falls within a Commercial, Business and Service (Class E) use pursuant to the Town and Country (Use Classes Order) 1987 (as amended).
30 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BF · premises record
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)
Approved
2024-06-03
Temporary installation of a sculpture 'Laura' by Jaume Plensa, for a temporary period of up to one year to be taken down on or before 04 June 2017.
30 St Mary Axe North-West Quadrant London EC3A 8BF · premises record
Applicant City of London · Officer Bhakti Depala
Full - Corporation's Own Application R3
Approved
2016-05-05
Change of use of part ground floor from ancillary offices (Class B1) to a flexible use for either retail (Class A1) use or ancillary office (Class B1) use (2.3sq.m GEA)
30 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BF · premises record
Applicant Bermuda LP · Agent Gerald Eve LLP · Officer Michael Blamires
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2015-09-03
Certificate of lawful development for alterations to the ground floor, front elevation.
Fitzwilliam House 10 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BF · premises record
Applicant Mr A Turner · Agent Trehearne Architects · Officer Jeff Sadler
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)
Approved
2015-06-24
Temporary installation of an artwork, 'Carson, Zezi, Emma, Takeshi, Nia' by Tomoaki Suzuki for a temporary period of up to one year to be taken down on or before 05 June 2016.
30 St Mary Axe Plaza South-East Quadrant London EC3A 8BF · premises record
Full - Corporation's Own Application R3
Approved
2015-04-09
Temporary installation of one sculpture - WORK by Ben Long - for a temporary period of up to 1 year to be taken down on or before 07 June 2015.
Outside 30 St Mary Axe Plaza, South-West Quadrant London EC3A 8BF · premises record
Decided
2014-04-08
Temporary installation of a sculpture: box sized DIE featuring...by Joao Onofre - for a temporary period of up to 1 year to be taken down on or before 07 June 2015.
Outside 30 St Mary Axe Plaza North-West & South-Quadrants London EC3A 8BF · premises record
Applicant City of London · Officer Sonia Williams
Full - Corporation's Own Application R3
Approved
2014-03-27
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness to confirm the proposed internal works at Level 26 do not constitute development in line with Section 55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).
30 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BF · premises record
Approved
2025-04-30
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Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)
Application for a Certificate of lawfulness to confirm the infill of the voids at level 1 does not constitute development in line with Section 55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).
30 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BF · premises record
Approved
2024-06-03
More
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)
External alterations of the ground and first floor facades including new doors, louvres and means of access, alterations to the existing hard landscaping and other associated works.
30 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BF · premises record
Approved
2024-06-03
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Full Planning Permission
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Application for a Certificate of lawfulness to confirm the use of the site falls within a Commercial, Business and Service (Class E) use pursuant to the Town and Country (Use Classes Order) 1987 (as amended).
30 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BF · premises record
Approved
2024-06-03
More
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)
Temporary installation of a sculpture 'Laura' by Jaume Plensa, for a temporary period of up to one year to be taken down on or before 04 June 2017.
30 St Mary Axe North-West Quadrant London EC3A 8BF · premises record
Applicant City of London · Officer Bhakti Depala
Approved
2016-05-05
More
Full - Corporation's Own Application R3
Change of use of part ground floor from ancillary offices (Class B1) to a flexible use for either retail (Class A1) use or ancillary office (Class B1) use (2.3sq.m GEA)
30 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BF · premises record
Applicant Bermuda LP · Agent Gerald Eve LLP · Officer Michael Blamires
Approved
2015-09-03
More
Full Planning Permission
Certificate of lawful development for alterations to the ground floor, front elevation.
Fitzwilliam House 10 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BF · premises record
Applicant Mr A Turner · Agent Trehearne Architects · Officer Jeff Sadler
Approved
2015-06-24
More
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)
Temporary installation of an artwork, 'Carson, Zezi, Emma, Takeshi, Nia' by Tomoaki Suzuki for a temporary period of up to one year to be taken down on or before 05 June 2016.
30 St Mary Axe Plaza South-East Quadrant London EC3A 8BF · premises record
Approved
2015-04-09
More
Full - Corporation's Own Application R3
Temporary installation of one sculpture - WORK by Ben Long - for a temporary period of up to 1 year to be taken down on or before 07 June 2015.
Outside 30 St Mary Axe Plaza, South-West Quadrant London EC3A 8BF · premises record
Decided
2014-04-08
More
Temporary installation of a sculpture: box sized DIE featuring...by Joao Onofre - for a temporary period of up to 1 year to be taken down on or before 07 June 2015.
Outside 30 St Mary Axe Plaza North-West & South-Quadrants London EC3A 8BF · premises record
Applicant City of London · Officer Sonia Williams
Approved
2014-03-27
More
Full - Corporation's Own Application R3

Building control

Building-control records are not yet collected for City Of London — the register is being gathered borough by borough (held so far: Lambeth, Brent, Ealing, Westminster, City and others).

Place

What affects it?

Every mapped designation touching a premises in this postcode, with how many of its 31 premises each one covers.

Designation
Coverage
Central Activities Zone
Named designation not supplied · reference CAZ00000006 · covers 31 of 31 premises. London Plan policies for the Central Activities Zone may apply.
Archaeological Priority Area
All of the City is considered to have archaeological potential, except where there is evidence that archaeological remains have been lost due to deep basement construction or other groundworks (3.12.18, City of London Local Plan January 2015). For the · reference 77190 · covers 31 of 31 premises. Groundworks may require archaeological assessment or investigation.
Central Activities Zone
Named designation not supplied · reference CAZ00000006 · covers 31 of 31 premises. London Plan policies for the Central Activities Zone may apply.
Archaeological Priority Area
All of the City is considered to have archaeological potential, except where there is evidence that archaeological remains have been lost due to deep basement construction or other groundworks (3.12.18, City of London Local Plan January 2015). For the · reference 77190 · covers 31 of 31 premises. Groundworks may require archaeological assessment or investigation.
People

Who is involved?

Named on the latest 23 applications in this postcode — the party who applied, not the owner or occupier.

Name
Details
Applicant on 4 applications
Applicant on 3 applications
Applicant on 2 applications
Applicant on 1 application
Applicant on 1 application
Applicant on 1 application
Agent on 3 applications
Agent on 1 application
Agent on 1 application
Agent on 1 application
Applicant on 4 applications
Applicant on 3 applications
Applicant on 2 applications
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Applicant on 1 application
Applicant on 1 application
Applicant on 1 application
Agent on 3 applications
Agent on 1 application
Agent on 1 application
Agent on 1 application
Development

What could it become?

Planning precedent23 applications and 69 mapped decisions in this postcode — precedent for what has been permitted and refused here.
EnergyNo EPC records joined yet.
What is not assertedNo capacity, value or ownership claim is made at area level; those belong to individual premises records and their evidence.

Intent signals

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Ownership, finance and market signals recorded at addresses in this postcode — each with date and source. Signals are evidence of change, not a prediction.

No intent signal is currently recorded in this postcode.

Boundary: OS Postcode Unit areas (Ordnance Survey), 2026-08-14. Planning records: canonical stage2. EPC: EPC register. Premises: OS AddressBase / UPRN.