Policy information sourced from City of London Local Plan

CS14: Tall Buildings

To allow tall buildings of world class architecture and sustainable and accessible design in suitable locations and to ensure that they take full account of the character of their surroundings, enhance the skyline and provide a high quality public realm at ground level, by:

  1. Permitting tall buildings on suitable sites within the City’s Eastern Cluster.
  2. Refusing planning permission for tall buildings within inappropriate areas, comprising: conservation areas; the St. Paul’s Heights area; St. Paul’s protected vista viewing corridors; and Monument views and setting, as defined on the Policies Map.
  3. Elsewhere in the City, permitting proposals for tall buildings only on those sites which are considered suitable having regard to: the potential effect on the City skyline; the character and amenity of their surroundings, including the relationship with existing tall buildings; the significance of heritage assets and their settings; and the effect on historic skyline features.
  4. Ensuring that tall building proposals do not adversely affect the operation of London’s airports.

For more information please see the Local Plan