4 Matthew Parker Street London SW1H 9NL

02/04393/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 1 October 2002

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Landscaping of forecourt including the relocation of the vehicle entrance and installation of uplighters to illuminate the main elevation between dusk and 22.00 hours.

Received: 10 June 2002
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's

ReceivedReceived10 Jun
ValidatedValidated8 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date1 Sep
DecidedDecided1 Oct

Decided in 85 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 4 Matthew Parker Street London SW1H 9NL. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 9 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Westminster Abbey and Parliament Square conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 414 applications in total for the SW1H postcode area.

86% of full applications at City of Westminster were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: SW1H 9NL
Application type: Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 July 2002
Consultation expiry: 9 August 2002
Target decision date: 1 September 2002
Committee meeting: 1 October 2002
Decision issued: 9 January 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 9 Hayne Street London EC1A 9HH

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 19 July 2002
Advertisement expiry: 9 August 2002
Site notice start: 17 July 2002
Site notice end: 7 August 2002

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
Brownfield land register: Queen Anne's Gate Buildings 29-35 Old Queen Street London SW1H 9JARegister site at or near this address · +1 more

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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