Snow Hill Police Station, 5 Snow Hill, London, EC1A 2DP Data via plota.co.uk

P2025/2862/OBS - Observations to Adjoining Borough FINAL DECISION

Proposal

Retention of additional plant at main roof level and proposed erection of units [part retrospective] [City of London Ref: ]. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

9 Oct 2025

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Validated

24 Oct 2025

Decision

Target date was 18 Dec 2025

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 6 Nov 2026; it is now day 378.

Documents

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Site constraints 22

Critical Drainage Group3_006Kenwood viewing gazebo to St Paul's CathedralHeathrow Safeguarding AreaCentral Activities ZoneBlackheath Point to St Paul's CathedralParliament Hill summit to St Paul's CathedralGreenwich Park Wolfe statue to St Paul's CathedralLocal view from Archway RoadLocal view from Archway BridgeLocal view from Farringdon Road/Clerkenwell RoadPrimrose Hill summit to St Paul's Cathedral

Grade II listed: Snow Hill Police Station

List entry 1375725 · The pin is inside its outline · 15 more listed buildings within 150 m (2 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 11 Grade II)

Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Show the other 15 with distances

6 m4, Snow Hill Ec1Grade II
33 mChurch of St SepulchreGrade I
35 mRailings and Dwarf Wall to Churchyard of Church of St SepulchreGrade II
71 mListed buildings 1359162
76 m15, OLD BAILEY EC1 (See details for further address information)Grade II
87 mBritannia HouseGrade II
87 mThe Golden Boy of Pye CornerGrade II
109 mThe Viaduct Public HouseGrade II
111 mMedical School St Bartholomew's HospitalGrade II
129 mBridge Or Viaduct Over Farringdon StreetGrade II
129 m54, FARRINGDON STREET EC1 (See details for further address information)Grade II
134 mCentral Criminal CourtGrade II*
136 mSmithfield Poultry MarketGrade II
145 mK2 Telephone Kiosk, at Junction With West SmithfieldGrade II
147 mMain North Block, East Block, West Block, St Bartholomew's HospitalGrade I

Historic England ↗

Smithfield conservation area

Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Council document ↗

Protected view corridor: 2A.1 Parliament Hill summit to St Paul's Cathedral

Inside the landmark viewing corridor of a protected vista. A building that rises above the corridor's threshold height should be refused. How high that is depends on where along the view the site is. Also in the corridor of 3A.1 Kenwood viewing gazebo to St Paul's Cathedral. Also in the wider setting of 4A.1 Primrose Hill summit to St Paul's Cathedral; 5A.2 Greenwich Park Wolfe statue to St Paul's Cathedral; 6A.1 Blackheath Point to St Paul's Cathedral.

The London Plan (policy HC4) designates strategic views, and the Mayor's London View Management Framework (March 2012) gives 13 of them a protected vista toward St Paul's Cathedral, the Palace of Westminster or the Tower of London. A vista has a threshold height that rises or falls with the line of sight. In the landmark viewing corridor, a building above it would harm the view and should be refused. In the wider setting consultation area around the corridor, a building above it is referred for consultation and its effect on the view is judged. The threshold changes along each view and is set out in the framework. A revised framework is out for consultation until 4 December 2026 and is not yet in force.

London View Management Framework ↗

Archaeological priority area

An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.

The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.

Air quality management area: City of London AQMA

The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.

Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.

Council record ↗

National infrastructure project 328 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel

The site is 328 m from the project boundary. Waste water treatment, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: London Strategic Heat Main Project (at pre-application, 608 m).

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Central activities zone

The core of central London in the London Plan.

Offices, culture and the other strategic functions of the centre take priority over new housing here.

Scheduled monument 119 m away: London Wall: site of Newgate and 121-124 Newgate Street, remains of Roman and medieval wall, gateway and bastion

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.

Historic England ↗

Critical Drainage Group3_006Council record